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Milo

           Inaspiritofcivicenterprise,heregularlyallottedacertainamountoffreeaerialadvertisingspacetoGeneralPeckemforthepropagationofsuchmessagesinthepublicinterestasNEATNESSCOUNTS,HASTEMAKESWASTE,andTHEFAMILYTHATPRAYSTOGETHERSTAYSTOGETHER.MilopurchasedspotradioannouncementsonAxisSally’sandLordHawHaw’sdailypropagandabroadcastsfromBerlintokeepthingsmoving.Businessboomedoneverybattlefront.

           Milo’splaneswereafamiliarsight.Theyhadfreedomofpassageeverywhere,andonedayMilocontractedwiththeAmericanmilitaryauthoritiestobombtheGerman-heldhighwaybridgeatOrvietoandwiththeGermanmilitaryauthoritiestodefendthehighwaybridgeatOrvietowithantiaircraftfireagainsthisownattack.HisfeeforattackingthebridgeforAmericawasthetotalcostoftheoperationplussixpercentandhisfeefromGermanyfordefendingthebridgewasthesamecost-plus-sixagreementaugmentedbyameritbonusofathousanddollarsforeveryAmericanplaneheshotdown.Theconsummationofthesedealsrepresentedanimportantvictoryforprivateenterprise,hepointedout,sincethearmiesofbothcountriesweresocializedinstitutions.

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