Expendable. MTB 3 officers recall battles in Philippines
Four surviving naval officers recount MTB 3 operations after Pearl Harbor. Bulkeley commands three boats toward Bataan, battles air raids, rescues pilots, and endures Corregidor injuries and hospital conditions. Kelly and crew reflect on dwindling air support, tank actions, and morale amid collapsing defenses.
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Philippines
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3
John Bulkeley
R. B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox Jr
Pearl Harbor
Bulkeley
Lieut. Kelly
Bataan
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KeHy
Baguio
Philippine Islands
Singapore
Hong Kong
Dutch East Indies
Lingayen Gulf
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Batangas
States
Wartime thrift guidance for households by Roger Whitman
A homeown er's friend columnist urges readers to prioritize government needs during wartime and to maintain and repair existing household equipment rather than replace worn items. The column advises practical conservation and careful living under civil mobilization.
Painting Fibers For Indoor And Outdoor Use
The guide suggests dye from a drug store for indoor fiber painting. For outdoor use, it recommends house paint thinned with turpentine to coat the fiber.
Furnishing a combined dining and living room with attic finds
The article suggests harmonizing disparate pieces using paint and fabrics. An old dresser is repurposed into a combination chest and dish cupboard with a dresser top shelf and quarter round molding to secure plates. Ruth Wyeth Spears shares authentic Early Dutch designs with instructions and color for decorating furniture.
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America
Practical Household Hints from the Era
Practical advice covers safety in medicine cabinets rope care and fraying prevention garden watering routines bean preparation and flavoring baked beans twine storage in a wall sack and choosing a housecoat with a proper lap plus a tip for sealing a leaky water bucket with melted paraffin.
Camel cigarettes popular with soldiers in post office restrictions
From a wartime ad essay noting the Army mess as a dining term, it highlights Camel cigarettes as a favorite among soldiers with chicken dinners. It mentions sales records from service men's stores and the ease of sending Camels to troops in the U S and abroad despite PO restrictions.
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Post Office
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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WNN
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Tabasco
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