U.S. Aircraft Respond
APRIL 20--FIRST CALL TO ACTION--In less than 24 hours after receiving orders, an aviation detachment of 3 pilots, 12 enlisted men, and 3 aircraft, under command of Lieutenant John H. Towers, sailed from Pensacola on board Birmingham (CL 2) to join Atlantic Fleet forces operating off Tampico in the Mexican crisis.
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