While still employed with North Central Airlines one of my assignments was to take two of our Board of Directors out for dinner the evening before the meeting. One of the two was former Senator from South Dakota, Chan Gurney. He served on the Senate Armed Forces Committee during WWII and shared a number of interesting stories during our meetings this being one. The Senator received information on a new weapon that looked promising. However, he being a Dove, didn't feel he could sponsor it's presentation at a meeting of the committee so handed it off to another member who would. The presentation was made, approved and sent to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds for development and testing. The weapon was the famous "Bazooka".