Allied Drive to Take Cherbourg in Final Assault
Allied forces pressed the final assault to seize Cherbourg as German defenses around the port collapsed. Bradley relied on massed air power and artillery rather than waiting for naval support, while patrols reached the sea and encirclement of Cherbourg neared completion.
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Cherbourg
Bradley
du Rose
Ordeville
la Divette
Penisula
Quettehou
Barfleur
St. Pierre Eglise
Mt. du Roy Woods
Cap de la Hague
Beaumont-Hague
Hottot
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Carentan
St. Lo
Sailors propose money to end Wright strike in wartime letter
The Coos Bay crew requests AP help to reach Wright Aircraft strikers with a plea to end the Wright strike. They offer 41,200 pennies to fund the wage increase, arguing unity with war effort and asking strikers not to strike to protect soldiers abroad. The letter is marked passed by naval censor and cites 600 non union workers disciplined at Wright.
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Associated Press
Navy Department
Coos Bay
Spitamiller
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Wright
Labor
Spitzmiller
Cincinnati Times-Star
Cincinnati
Washington
Thomas
International
International Union
Wark
Wright Company
Congress
U. S. S. Coos Bay
C/O
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Associated Press Editorial Department
U.S.S. Coos Bay
Wright Aircraft Corporation
U.S.8
Cool Bay
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