Allied bombers strike Yawata and Saipan advance noted
A sizable B-29 task force bombed Yawata on Kyushu with several losses and missing planes. Simultaneously American amphibious forces pressed from Saipan beachheads as 20th Air Force reported pinpoint hits and large fires. Tokyo also claimed an American attack on Bonin islands and a Korean peninsula raid with 17 ships down in a Japanese communique.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Yawata
Kyushu
Saipan Island
Marianas
20Th Air Force
China
Lian
Shensi
Tokyo
Ascortions
Bonin Islands
Nepal
Korean Peninsula
FCC
Korea
Imperial High Command
Obichijima
Iwajima
America
Bomber Command Breaks Record in Yawata Raid
U S 20th Bomber Command reports a spectacular first onslaught against the Japanese iron and steel works at Yawata in western China. Led by Brig. Gen. Laverne Saunders, the mission featured Maj. Donald Hemphrey as first over target and Lt. Col. Winton Close piloting a key plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Brown
INS
U. S
West Point
Case Suacatee
the ‘Gots
Yawata
Donald Hemphrey
Pestville
Betty
James Garcia
Weirton
W. Va
Bomber Command
Garcia
Winton Close
Jane
Leonard Harman
Boise
Idaho
Billy” Mitchell
Ronald Harte
Lafayette
George Stratemeyer
Kenneth Wolfe
20Th Command
John Upston
Mackson Railroad
Bangkok
India
Burma
India-Burma
Yanks Drive Inland From Saipan Beacheads in Marianas
Allied forces push inland on Saipan as Admiral Nimitz reports heavy fighting and fortified defenses, with beachheads secured after capturing Agingan Point. American troops repulsed Japanese counterattacks using tanks, advancing toward Charan Kanea two miles north of Agingan Point, amid thunderous bombardment.
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Saipan
Marianas
Chester W. Nimits
Pacific Evceen
United States
Agingan Point
Tokyo
Charan Kanea
Seipan
Reds widen north front through West Front isthmus
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces on the Karelian isthmus breaching the second Finnish line and widening the front to 47 miles. Red Army tanks and infantry retook 18 strongpoints and two rail stations as air support pounded defenses and communications amid a six day offensive.
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Moscow
Karelian
Red Army
Leningrad
Flest
Old
Poland
Iowan Loses Life in Plane Wreck Near Alameda
Lieut. Eugene Tornquist of Mitchellville was killed when a plane crashed and burned near Alameda California. The pilot attended Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa and later played professional football. His parents Mr. and Mrs Victor Tornquist were notified by telephone from Alameda.
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Mitchellville
INS
Victor Tornquist
Eugene Tornquist
Alameda
Cal
Tornquist
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Junior Chamber Approves Free Membership for Veterans
The National Junior Chamber of Commerce executive committee awards six months free membership to members returning from military service. The war conference in Omaha gathers state and national officers to map postwar plans as Victor Boucas from Brazil arrives to study the group. Palmer notes 853 US chapters, with Vermont absent, and preconvention politics focus on Gates and Baldridge. Palmer declines re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
INS
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Armed Service
Tom Baldridge
Winchester, Va
Palmer
Contractor Crowley Reappointed AGC Executive Secretary
Des Moines announces C. W. Crowley is re elected executive secretary of the central branch of the Associated General Contractors of America. Crowley previously held the post for 20 years until 1942 when he left for Alaska on the Alaska highway project.
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Des Moines
C. W. Crowley
Associated General Contractors of America
Crowley
Alaska
Weather Update for Town Partly Cloudy and Humid
Partly cloudy and continued humidity expected today and tonight with a chance of widely scattered showers in the late afternoon. The outlook calls for more humid conditions through Saturday with variable skies.
Killed in Action Staff Sgt Arnold Landon in Italy
War department reports Staff Sgt Arnold D Landon killed in action in Italy on May 22 He served with the 34th division in North Africa Sicily and Italy and was awarded the silver star by General Mark Clark He and a comrade cleared minefields to aid stretcher bearers and food for forward elements in 1943 at Poszzilli Italy. His four brothers and other relatives are listed among survivors. Born Cumberland 1924 he moved to Atlantic in 1927 and joined the Atlantic national guard in 1941. Date of death aligns with Rome offensive phase.
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Dean Landon
Linn Street
War Department
Arnold D. Landon
Italy
34Th
North Africa
Sicily
Atlantic National Guard
Landon
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Anzio
Atlantic Guardsman
Charles W. Ryder
Poszzilli
London
183Rd Infantry
Pvt
Alton
Mac) Landon
Co. K
Camp Crowder
Wendell Landon
British New Guinea
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ross Landon
Camp Campbell
Clifford
Fort Ord
Cal
Cleo
Clair
Beverly
Susie Edwards
Oakland
Mildred Wheeler
Atlantic
Set. Landon
Cumberland
Atlantic National Guard Company
Rome
Allies Reach Key German Cherbourg Supply Route
Allied forces tightened grip on the last German supply line to Cherbourg as American troops moved within about 24 miles of St. Sauveur. British units advanced near Caumont while fighting near Le Haye Du Puits and Montebourg continued amid German resistance. Weather hampered air operations on the beaches.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
INS
Cherbourg
Normandy
St. Sauveur
Carentan
1Th Panzer Grenadier
le Haye du Puits
Quineville
Montebourg
Caumont
DNB
Caen
Planes Minus Pilots New Aerial Phase Reported
London reports a new phase of aerial warfare as pilotless German aircraft and glider bombs attack southern England while RAF bombers target Boulogne Le Havre and western Germany. Mosquitos with block busters hit western Germany. British Home Security Minister Morrison says warnings are precautionary and pilots should seek shelter when engines cut and lights go out.
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London
England
Southern
RAF Bomber Command
France
Germany
Boulogne
le Havre
Home Security
Herbert Morrison
Adedd
Ministry of Security
Allied Forces Open Major Attack at Anzio Front
Allied forces at the Anzio Nettuno beachhead launched a general attack against German positions synchronized with advances on the Fifth and Eighth army fronts inside the Adolf Hitler line. American troops of the Fifth army seized Mount Capiccio Antene Calvo and Marino, while other Allied units occupied Colle Coma Del Miente and began ascending Mount Dela Fate. Son nimeo.
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Anzio-Nettumo
Fifth Army
Mounts Capiccio
Antene
Calvo
Marino
Colle Coma del Miente
Fondi-Valle Consord
Dela Fate
Sonnimeo
Allied pres in Caen estuary damage hailed as blow
A Nazi commentator described the Allied press in the Caen area as a heavy blow to British troops. He cited the destruction of sluices at Caen and noted the impact on Quistreham, the small fishing port, as consequences of the assault.
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Orne
Quistreham
First American Nurse Lands on French Soil at Normandy
Lieut. Annabelle Lewis former Atlantic hospital nurse becomes the first American nurse to set foot on French soil with the Allied invasion of Normandy. Attached to an airborne evacuation unit she landed on day one and news describes Allied operations along the Cherbourg peninsula as outpost engagements with heavy naval fire praised by returning officers.
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Annabelle Lewis
Atlantic Hospital
Normandy
Lieut
Lewis
Harry Lewis
Massena
Army Nurse Corps
Villere-Bocage
Caumont
Cherbourg
United Kingdom
New York Harbor
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Madie
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Rey Porter
Repedi
BONIN
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Truk
Caroline Is
Marshall Islands
WESL
Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Texas
Nevada
Augusta
Ralph ‘Miller
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