D Day Invasion Report From Allied Front in Europe
Allied forces launched the invasion of Normandy with a formidable fleet and heavy bombardment. British commander General Montgomery led ground troops toward Cherbourg as German defenses struggled and Goering’s warning proved hollow. Churchill cautioned about future heavy fighting, while Allied air and sea power pushed inland as troops pressed ashore at the invasion beaches.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Normandy
U. S
Cherbourg
Seine
le Havre
Churchill
Commons
Francee
Atlantic Wall
Naz
Montgomery
Europe
Ample Armored Air Armada Flies Across France
On June 7 Amarillo readers see reports of a long lighted armored air armada traveling low over France toward the D27 dropping zones. The craft wore blue and white stripes and carried colored lights to aid formation. The scheme aimed to avoid past self inflicted losses from anti aircraft fire.
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Amarillo
Texas
India
Armanda
France
Dream of Soviet Comes To Life
Moscow crowds heard via radio that Allies invaded France and the Red Army planned an eastern blow. German broadcasts predicted further Soviet offensives as Maj. Gen. Deane and Lt. Gen. Burrows announced joint Western-Russian action toward victory.
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Moscow
France
Red Army
London
von Hammer
Berlin
Dnestr
Monitor
Tasi
Romania
Iasi
John R. Deane
U. S
Brocas Burrows
Russia
Indian influences shape US gown and shoe styles
Describes how Indian mounds, jewelry and cloth ing inspire American fashion with saddle stitching fringe bead-work suede and moccasin type shoes. Notes the United States Naval Academy was established in 1845.
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Norman
Oklo
America
United States Naval Academy
Normandy Invasion Opens As Paratroopers Hit Front
German DNB report places the invasion across the Seine estuary zone from Le Havre through Cherbourg with major airborne operations near Tsigny Caen and Barfleur. Two hours later large amphibious landings occur across a wide front between Le Havre and Cherbourg with bold disembarkments at St Vaast La Hougue aided by artificial fog.
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Normandy
Seine
Paris
le Havre
Seine River
France
DNB
Orfie
Tsigny
Caen
Barfleur
Cherbourg
St. Vaast la Hougue
Landing Barges Jam Channel Amid Invasion Mission
A U.S. troop carrier base in England reports channels jammed with landing barges moving toward the French coast after the air assault. Crews describe milk opposition and a near uneventful flight, with one wing damaged by a rocket shell and Col. Frank McNees returning on one engine.
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England
Europe
English Channel
French
Sanford Kaufman
Cleveland
Ohio
Allen Snair
Orbisonia
Frank McNees
St. Paul
Minn
James Clifford
Hollis
N. Y
Clifford
Col. McNees
India Discovers Odd Flood Cargo in Ottawa Kansas
Amid floodwaters in Ottawa Kansas a washing machine belonging to Mrs Nate Rhoades floated away from her porch on a long trip. Days later the same family retrieved it. A refrigerator weighing nearly two tons also floated a mile into a field, illustrating unusual flood debris.
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Ottawa
Kas
Nate Rhoades
Battle in English Channel North of Le Havre
German transocean News Agency reports ongoing battle in the English Channel north of Le Havre with German naval units opposing Allied landing forces. A German three engine plane was shot down over Switzerland by Swiss fighters. Two Abilene residents aged 67 died while listening to invasion radio reports.
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London
Transocean
English Channel
le Havre
Switzerland
Abilene
Josephine Shaw
J. A. Cunningham
Invasion Morning Sky Lit by Parachutes and Rainbow Sign
Allied aircrews describe D-Day dawn with hundreds of parachutes across inland fields and a dawn rainbow over the invasion area. Marauders and bombers engaged German flak as ships bombarded the coast while gliders and Allied aircraft supported the landings.
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D-Day
Leslie Young
Heightstown
N. J
Reedsburg
Wis
William Wilson
Erwin Rommel
Yanks Close On Mokmer Airfield Biak Campaign Advances
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports hard fighting near Mokmer airfield Biak with a flanking push within a mile and a half of the objective. In Maffin Bay Dutch New Guinea 107 Japanese were killed as the Americans repelled a counter attack. Hollandia Apit ape area patrols found 283 Japanese dead 106 more killed and 33 prisoners taken. Recruit training in the Navy lasts five to eight weeks.
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New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak
Schouten Islands
Philippines
Maffin Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia-Aitape
Bombs Explode Over German Coastal Defenses Invasion Zone
Allied air forces conducted heavy bombardment along the invasion coast with RAF and US Eighth and Ninth Air Forces targeting gun emplacements, bridges, and defensive works. Fighter-bombers protected landings while paratroop transports and gliders delivered troops into the zone.
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SHAEF
RAF Bomber Command
U. S
Ninth Air Force
RAF
Second Tactical Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Frank Perego
Canadaigua
Thunderbolt
Doughty Thunderbolts
Night Class to Open in Amarillo College
A second year Spanish night class will be offered at Amarillo College. It may be audited or taken for credit. Interested individuals should call Amarillo College at 6275 or contact the instructor Dr H L Robinson at 2 4602. Almost a hundred ratings are open to Navy enlisted men.
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Amarillo College
H. L. Robinson
Navy
Comb Beautiful Color Into Gray Faded Hair
An advertising note promotes Barbo Compound a gray hair tinting formula. It claims simple mixing with water yields a lasting gloss color that hides gray without staining scalp or affecting permanents, and promises a younger look at low cost.
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Barbo
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B. G. Products Co
P. O
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LCVP
Rainbow Cab
Hamp Benton
Plains Plumbing CO
Spas and Contracting & O. Callahan, Jr
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ZALE
Sth and
Polk
Olive McCoy
Bell Telephone Co. Laboratories
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