Veteran RAF ace accused of draft evasion in hometown
A wartime RAF Eagle Squadron ace credited with 46 destroyed planes faces draft evasion charges from his home town board. The article traces his service in North Africa after American enlistment and notes recent chatter about rumors in the armed forces and media.
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RAF
Eagle Squadron
Hitler
U. S
U.S
North Africa
Officers’ Candidate School
Miami
Deanna Durbin
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
Satevepost
Berlin
Joe Scanlon
Station Debunk
Americanazi
Sabrepost
Winchell
Islands in Pacific Shape Path to Tokyo for Allied Advance
An analysis maps the Pacific theater routes from New Guinea and Guadalcanal through the Solomons toward Tokyo. It details key island groups including Bougainville, Munda, Rabaul, Truk, Palau, Yap, Marshalls and Gilberts, noting bases, distances, and strategic leverage against Japan.
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Netherlands Indies
Malaya
Burma
Philippines
China
Japan
Alaska
Aleutians
Siberia
Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Honolulu
Pago Pago
Manila
Palau
Truk Islands
Hawaii
Australia
Rota
Saipan
Guam
Singapore
Yap
Trak
Induction standards clash Navy and Army in World War II
In Washington the Army loosens physical and mental requirements to boost draft eligibles and ease married men into service, while the Navy keeps higher tests. Brig. Gen. Hershey urges uniform standards, noting Navy castoffs fill Army ranks. Admiral Horne reports on Guadalcanal, Savo Island errors, and Allied actions, with optimism on Pacific submarine progress.
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Washington, D. C
ARMY
NAVY
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Management-Labor Policy Committee
Hershey
WMC
Paul McNutt
Secretary Knox presses Pacific bases after war
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox urged immediate consideration of establishing American air and naval bases in the Pacific after the war to guard against future aggression in the East. He said postwar policy would disarm Japan but require bases to prevent rearmament, linking bases to defending North America. The 1940 transfer of 59 destroyers to Britain had already given the U.S. rights to build bases on Caribbean British islands.
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Ous
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Buna
Lae
Salamaua
Micronesia
United States
Guam
Philippines
America
Spain
Germany
Japan
Frankie
NAVY
Fred Horne
House
Senate
Horne
Congress
Sago Island
Guadalcanal
Kelly Turner
Savo Island
Pacific
East
Frank Knox
Knox
North American
Great Britain
Caribbean
Last Leg of March to Tokyo Through Volcanic Seas
A strategist completes the final leg toward Tokyo navigating a volcanic archipelago 800 miles away. The voyage passes coral reefs and hazards around Sulphur Island and Submarine Volcano Island as shown on aid charts.
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Tokyo
Kazan Reito
Tokyo Goal
Explosives Use in U S Mining and Construction
In recent years the United States used over 200000 tons of explosives annually to mine coal and ores quarry rock clear stumps open ice jams and build roads and tunnels. From 1926 to 1940 domestic consumption of dynamite equaled the Allies total in four years of World War I.
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United States
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