Leading U. S. Ace Downs 26 Japanese Planes
Joe Foss, 28, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, ties Eddie Rickenbacker for the all time lead by destroying 26 Japanese planes, marking two years of U.S. war aviation as Foss rises to the top of the ace list. A joking line notes the nation’s cold epidemic and calls for more distillers to help.
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U. S
Downs
Washington
U.P
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
8. D
Eddie Rickenbacker
Blind Date Haunts Skeptical Sergeant In Modern City Scene
At Blytheville Army Air Field Sgt Mortimer Kassewitz explores a blind date after Sgt John A Works invites him to meet the "new girl" in his office. Across the nation women move into jobs once held by men and boost shopping activity amid wartime rationing and social shifts.
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Blytheville Army Air Field
Ark
U.P
Mortimer Kassewitz
John A. Works
Texas Women Take Big Part in War Effort in 1943
Texas women join Army Navy Marines Coast Guard WAVES SPARS and WASP programs, pursue defense plant work and homefront duties. Recruiters report slow response. 1943 sees first Marine Corps women in Texas and air service pilots graduating at Avenger Field. Families face rationing and housing strains amid wartime duties and shortages.
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Texas
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Women’s Army
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Reserve
Texas Navy
Corpus Christi
Dallas
SPARS
New England
Miami
Long Beach
Calif
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Andrew R. Davis
Marine Corps
Air Service
Avenger Field
Sweetwater
Ellington Field
Houston
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Wichita Palls
Flight surgeon office encounter and a Byzantine naming tale
The scene describes a serviceman greeting a nurse named Dorothy in the Blytheville Army Air Field flight surgeon’s office, then leaving abruptly. A stray memory recalls the eastern Roman Empire’s Constantine renaming a city Constantinople, linking to unfamiliar historical prompts.
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Dorothy
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Joe H. Jones
Southwest Pacific
Amery Merry
War Department
Red Cross
USO
University of Texas
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Blytherville Army Air Field
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Kassewitz
Sofia
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Rlenny
Amarillo Cigarette Service
W. 10Th
John Farrell Lumber Co
North Fillmore
AIR Corps
Morris Beck
Dave Phillips
Trusten Thomas
Bruce Miner
U. S. Navy
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Elton Simmons
Ted Doss
John Martin J. M. Eastwood
Reginald Stegal
John Lawson
John Stoner
John B. Oden
Willie White
Herbert Williams
Jerry Carmichael
Chester Sever
Bob Harmon
Hobart Anderson
H. S
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Paramount Lunch
Polk St. Woodson
Frosty Reeves
Mable Reeves
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