Milton Caniff Letter to Col Jack
28 July 1962
Col. Jack:
I am certain you agree that all items of unit history and honors contribute to morale and espirit, so I am taking the liberty of sending some pictures of Phil Cochran, together with the account of Gen. Arnold citing him and awarding the DSM in 1944.
The rather dim fax copies of airplane action are to point up the use of the stripes painted at an angle on the fuselage of the Commando fighter aircraft during the Burma action (the flew the B-25 as more of a fighter than a bomber). The numerical code was: Five for Squadron Leader, Four for Second in command, Three for all other elements.
I hope all this will be of some value to you.
As Lou told you, I shall be using the Commandos in October in Steve Canyon
Cordially
Milton Caniff
New York, NY