Rayburn recalls kamikaze attack on Bunker Hill
Fire control man first class Rayburn witnessed two Japanese kamikaze strikes on the carrier Bunker Hill on May 11. The ship suffered 656 casualties, but Rayburn and crew fought fires as burning fuel and ammunition sank toward the sea. He arrived on leave to his mother in Amarillo after serving 14 months aboard the ship.
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Bunker Hill
Morris E. Rayburn
Rayburn
R. L. Swink
Pierce
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Kikai
Wilkes-Barre
Philippines
Palau
Formosa
Iwo Jima
Raban
Okinawa
Tokyo
Jan
Rayburn Navy Gun Pointer Earns Now Ribbon Feats
Nursery Favorite fleet sailor Rayburn is on his second leave after serving since December 1943. He enlisted at Amarillo High School age and trained in San Diego as a range finder, then joined Bunker Hill in 1944. He earned Asiatic Pacific and Philippine Defense ribbons with stars and belongs to Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet. His mother Mrs Swink works at Pantex aiding bomb shell production.
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Rayburn
Amarillo
Bunker Hill
Navy
Amarillo High School
San Diego
Bunker Hills
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
Paniex Ordnance Plant
Swink
Pantex
Embroidery Pattern Sales Offer From The Amarillo News
Advertisement offers Pattern 7143 two nursery rhyme pictures 9 by 22 mm transfer for fifteen cents. Includes request to mail name address pattern number and zone to The Amarillo News New York. Also promotes 1945 Needswork Book with crochet knitting embroidery designs and two free crocheted handbags.
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Amarillo News
Household Arts Dept
P. O
New York
N. Y
Orange Water Content Measured at Eighty Seven Percent
An orange is reported to contain about 87 percent water by weight in a concise chemical observation.
Back From Red River Vacation News
Charles Snow and Jack Seale have returned home from a vacation in New Mexico. Charles is the son of Mrs. W. C. Snow of 2709 West Seventh, and Jack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seale of 917 Crockett.
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Charles Snow
W. C. Snow
West Seventh
Jack Seale
Fred Seale
Crockett
New Mexico
Military honors for Private McRae at Amarillo ceremony
The Amarillo Globe notes Private McRae, stationed in Savannah, Georgia, awarded the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. He earned the Air Medal with four clusters and the Distinguished Unit Citation with one cluster, plus the Middle East campaign ribbon with three stars. He and his wife resided at 906 Milam.
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Amarillo
Pvt. Loye McRae Returns After Europe War Service
Pvt. Loye McRae returns home from ten months overseas where he spent six months as a prisoner of war in Germany. He is visiting his family and will share his experiences from the Europe campaign.
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Loye McRae
Europe
Pvt
Sergeant Bassett Discharged After Five Years Air Force Service
Lloyd M. Bassett Jr. is discharged from the Army Air Forces after nearly five years of service, including 10 months in Africa, Sicily and Italy. He served as flight chief at Amarlo Field for six months with the 376th Bombardment Squadron of the Ninth Air Force, flying 59 missions over Sicily Italy Romania and Greece.
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Lloyd M. Bassett, Jr
Army Air Forces
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Amarillo Field
Lloyd M. Bassett
Bassett
376Th
Ninth Air Force
Romania
Greece
Cuticura Claims Clear Skin After Three Weeks Use
Miss B. Green of Davis Oklahoma reports three weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment relief from years of facial pimples. She says her skin is now smooth and urges others to buy Cuticura at their druggist.
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B. Green
Davis
Okla
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Peg
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Alice Brooks
Red River
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N. Fillmore
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Perfex
Pky
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Whiteway
Bey
Schilling
Iit
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Friendly Whiteway
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Fox Miller
Erst Pork & Beans
Armour
Salt American
CES
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del Monte Or
White Swan
Glass J
Calif
Gravenstines Pound
Ll. S
Gerber
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Chet Boy-Ar-Dee
Staley
Purasnow
Go Feat Oe
Green Beans
Reisin
N. Buchanan
S. Fillmore
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Texas
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