828 Days In Combat Not One Scratch
The fragment notes 828 days in combat with no wounds for Harold Kinser and Leo Savage of the Seventh Division, plus Lester Caristensen and Lt. Missan as platoon leaders. Christensen accepted field commission. Kinser and Savage linked to Able Company, 17th Regiment, while Christensen is with the Bind Regiment. Mentions European WWII service and a quip about luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Harold Kinser
Bloomington
Iowa
Leo Savage
Santa Maria
California
Lester C. Caristensen
Lawh Missan
Kon
Afl
Christensen
Kinser Ang Savage
Kores
Ser
Europe
Seoul Orphans Seek Freedom Amid War's Aftermath
GP staff correspondent William Chapman depicts Seoul orphans aged four to forty two living rough in postwar Korea. They scavenge, beg, and dodge authorities to survive, valuing freedom over shelter while clinging to ragged clothing and meal scraps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapman
Seoul
Kores
Korea
Ihney
Orp
Air Forces Reorganized and Global Defense News
Ten fields speak to a 1940s era digest. Air Forces reorganized on a global basis with Austria's Tyrol claims rejected. The piece notes the passing of George M. Cunningham, captain of the VOD Baird yacht, at his La Porte home. It also mentions the Goose Creek Independent School District idle, and local labor actions tied to the Fox tractor. Lewis Rushi returns home after honorable discharge to manage his tower shop. An ordnance supply depot project began at Channelview, while James Dale Dowell, a former Goose Creek banker, was buried near Dallas. President Roosevelt designates the Tri-Cities as a national defense housing zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Forces
AAF
Austria
Tao Tyrol
George M. Cunningham
VOD Baird
Clay Jack
la Porte
Bateson Construation Company
Goose Creek Independent
Trities Union
Fox
Lewis Rushi
Channelview
James Dale Dowell
Goose Creek
Dallas
Roosevelt
Tri-Cities
Custer’s Last Stand and Thaw In Domestic Tragedy
On June 25 1876 General George A Custer led about 225 cavalry to a doomed assault near the Little Bighorn River Montana ignoring reinforcements and guides warnings. In 1906 Pittsburgh Playboy Harry K Thaw killed architect Stanford White after a bitter quarrel over Evelyn Nesbit and his wife Thaw was later acquitted by reason of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Pittsburgh
Har K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York
White
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
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Citizens National
Harris County
City of
Houston
F. Dec
YY Sun
New York City
United States
Mean
Bayon
Mallory
Sun
Henke & Pillot Drug Depts
Somme
Baer
Hed
Ger
Henke's
Borden’s
Pekcetessen
Henke
Teth
Phe
Denier Maid
Dial Soap
Bach
Perth
Boraxo
Raago
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