Wake Island Raid Signals Pacific Offensive Push
A U S task force bombarded Wake Island at dawn October 5 1943 with carrier air craft and ship bombardment as part of a growing Pacific war effort. The attack follows a Hawaii war council and hints at a larger operation to roll back Japanese held outposts.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Wake Island
Pacific
Hawaii
U. S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Alfred E. Montgomery
USN
Central Pacific
Wake
Midway
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Marcus Island
Telephone Company Distributes Amarillo Field Booklet
Southwestern Bell Telephone and Camp Telephone Manager Paul C. Clayton distribute an eighteen page booklet on Amarillo Army Air Field. It includes history, a Texas field map, camp and field details, and telephone service information. The booklet is for mailing or handy reference and lists names and numbers.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Paul C. Clayton
Southwestern
Amarillo
Furloughs Coincide Family Reunion Delights Pearce Family
In De Queen Arkansas Aaron Pearce returns home on furlough from the Pacific fleet while his brother Staff Sgt. R B Pearce arrives after 13 months in Alaska. They meet at Paul Pearce’s home without prior knowledge of each other’s plans, sharing gifts of coin jewelry from distant places.
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DE Queen
Ark
Smithville
Oxfa
Pearce
Army Breaks Precedent For Boy At Camp Gray
A seven year old boy arrived crying with a cut at Camp Gray in Louisiana. A doctor treated him immediately and without question, despite rules about civilians, illustrating an emergency exception during wartime. The boy asked for war stamps and received care.
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Camp Gray
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United States District Court
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Augustus N. Hand
Thomas W. Swan
Swan
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International News Service
Washington
John Henry Lewin
Department of Justice
Antitrust
Lewin
Panhandle
BH. C. Winburn
Missouri
St. Lila
St.Joseph Aspirin
Telephone Company
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
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Globe-News
Lon Conners
H. McCormick
James Chapin
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