Marines Kill Most Japanese on Makin Island in Gilberts
U S Marines with naval support annihilated the Japanese garrison on Makin Island during the August raid. About 340 enemy troops were killed, with two survivors hiding. Marines destroyed air bases radio stations and fuel depots and sustained light losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilberts
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Navy
Makin Island
Edward W. Wygal
Idaho
Wygal
Oscar F. Petross
Raleigh
N. C
Jaluit
Wotje
Marshall Islands
Lamb
le Francois
James Faulkner
Red Oak
Tex
Pattern pattern book advert and war frontline notes
Pattern 4147 availability in sizes 36 to 50 with fabric usage stated. Instructions request SIZF NAME ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER, urging a pattern order to Amarillo Globe Pattern Department. Concurrent war dispatches describe Marine actions on Makin Island with Carlson Roosevelt Haines and Le Francois leading units. details of engagements, casualties, and actions against Japanese forces.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Navy
Tansport
Evans F. Carlson
Plymouth
Conn
James Roosevelt
John M. Haines
Coronado
Calif
United States
Makin Island
British Gilberts
Hawaii
Solomons
United States Navy
Lieut
Wilfred
le Francois
Watertown
le Prancois
Carlson
Nicaragua
Charles T. Lamb
Alexandria
Ameri
Bomb kills three at Clichy Olympia Theatre during Deat rally
A bombing at the Olympia Theatre in Clichy near Paris killed three people and wounded 40 during a Marcel Deat collaborationist party meeting with Deat present. It marked the first anniversary of a prior assassination attempt on Deat and Pierre Laval, now Vichy leader. Two of the wounded are in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICHY
Olympia
Clichy
Paris
Marcel Deat
Deat
Pierre Laval
Germany
Russia
Five Norwegians Sentenced to Death by German Court
Five Norwegian army officers were condemned to death by a German military court in Oslo on charges of terrorism bombing sabotage and aiding the enemy. A separate U.S. insurance notice certifies The Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York to operate in Texas for 1942 43.
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Bern
Switzerland
Oslo
Havas
Stockholm
Vichy
Austin
Texas
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of
New York
Newark
New Jersey
O. P. Lockhart
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Iceland
Archangel
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Soviet
Omsk
Emawafeius Reunion
United Nations
Arcos
Yakutsk
Arabia
China
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
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Japan
Caroline
TV Guinea
Marshall
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Tasmania
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Gilbert
Solomon
Samoany
Alaska
Fed Fairbanka
Aletha
Yritehorse
Seattle
Pacific Ocean
Syiway
Johnston
Palmyrasy
New Zealand
San Francige
Tahiti
Galapagos
Ecuador
U. S
Guam
France
Berlin
By Frank Tremaine
Roosevelt
Marine Battalion
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Maj
Faulkner
John Hawkins
Southgate
Hawkins
AV Ss
Savage
Dent
Board OF Insurance Commissioners
State OF Texas
Hyden
Panhandle
West Seventh Ave
Amasillo
John Furbach
Watchmaker
Polk
Ffrst National Bank
America
Manila
J. Fowlston
J. W. Mode
Amarillo
Junk Company
Pipe & Junk Company
4Th St
A. K. Baracat
M. Chisholm
Robert Condon
Roy Greenhill
van Buren
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