Fighting It Out on Old Battlefields in Mud and War Letters
Letters from young servicemen in the Aleutians and the South Pacific recount life overseas. Don Wyckoff and Sgt Bill Core describe France in duty and home news, Christmas unrealities, and a boy scout club drive to aid wounded troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyckoff
Aleutians
South Pacific
Scout Executive
France
Don “Possum” Wyckoff
Sunny
Army
States
Ada
Sgt
Bill Core
Betros
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Washington
Spice of
Senator Morse
Oreganna Bourbon
Nancy
Japs Draw Manchuria Troops to Halt Leyte Advance
Gen. Douglas MacArthur revealed that Japanese forces moved troops from Manchuria to bolster defenses on Leyte as a Mindoro bound convoy pressed the assault to reinforce his advancing forces in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Leyte
Yamashita
MacArthur
Battan
Mindoro
Philippines
Sun
Douglas MacArthur
Greek King Names Damaskinos Regent of Greece
King George II named Arch bishop Damaskinos of Athens as regent amid Greece’s political crisis. The archbishop, a foe of dictatorship, will form a new government and restore order as the king contemplates returning only after a free national vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. “Aris, Jr
London
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
Athens
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Dasmaskinos
Mextaxas
Corinth
Veterans' Information Center Offers Veteran Aid Resources
The Veterans Information Center of the War Manpower Commission in Ada provides guidance on compensation claims education benefits apprenticeships job search and loans for homes farms or businesses. Each visitor receives a booklet outlining program high points and direct information from public and private agencies aiding veterans and families. The center emphasizes accessible help and cites Ehrenburg on fascism as a warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Information Center
The
War Manpower Commission
East 12Th
Ada
War Bond Duty Urges Public Support
Lt.-Gen. Ben Lear Army Ground Forces Commander declares buying war bonds a solemn obligation and non shirking duty until soldiers complete their mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lear
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Core
Williams
Pacific
Harry W. Miller
and the
Dennis Williams
Troop 4
Seminole
Hugh Biles
Vadie Smyth
Troop
A. E. Harrell
Stonewall High School
Stonewall
Cecil Bullard
Jim Dulaney
John Thompson
Eddy Joe Cavel
Billy Zonola
Billy Newport
Billy Dulaney
Harry Thompson
Gerald Bullard
Freddy Murphy
Cecil Cooper
Wiley Winton
le Roy Drennan
Tupelo
Robert Linker
Melvin Welch
R. B. Harkins
Aubrey
Sambo) Archer
W. D
Clintor
Kenneth
Japan
Ohio
Thomas B. Friedman
Cleveland, O
China
Manchuria
Veterans’ Center
Ies Ehrenburg
Automobile Service
BOB Cason Motor CO
Richardson-Belt Motor CO
Prince Alston Pontiac CO
BOB Morgan Mtr. CO
Hudgens Auto Service
Dew’s Service
JD Va
Frigidaire
Frigidaire Electric
South Mississippi
Man Veactured
BF Allem Feed & Cereal Mills
Oklahoma
Lee Simpson
North Broadway
Johns-Manville
B. B. Howard
Ada, Oklahoma
S. Rennie
South
Mississippi
Ada News
West Main
W. F. Brown
Prop
Briggs & Stratton
Wisconsin
Ramage Battery & Electric Co
East 10Th
Southwest Natural Gas Co
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