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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
23
Five U S paratroopers landed on Ventotene as German positions blasted from the hillside. The destroyer gunboat remained offshore and a tense night unfolded with the American team securing the quay, sending patrols, hauling gear, and preparing to defend the harbor. The situation included a plan to possibly parley with the enemy and a boat’s approach under cover of darkness.
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Grand entertainment presented by Dempsy Jones with singing by the Maine Lodge quartet. Committee in charge includes E. A. Tuck C H Bachman and A. H. Howard.
Berlin radio aired word of the Cairo talks two hours before the official U S and Britain release. The Turkish news agency reportedly issued a communique on President Ismet Inonu's Cairo trip to meet President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, followed by the meeting text not released in the United States or Britain until 6 30 p m CWT.
Staff Sgt. James Y. Braden, recruiter in charge, announced more 17 year olds may apply to the Marine Corps. Several men on file turned 18 before the quota opened, freeing space for younger applicants. Interested individuals are urged to visit the Cedar Rapids recruiting station before turning 18 to ensure paperwork is ready.
Probate No 15210 Iowa Linn County announces Aline Charlier appointed and qualified as Executrix of El Chariler Inte estate. Creditors must pay debts now and file claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Fred W Hann attorney for the executrix.
AP dispatch from Pearl Harbor recounts William Hipple describing a young Jewish marine private severely wounded in a Tarawa shellhole. A Navy hospital corpsman crawled to administer aid as the man refused pain killers to keep fighting, a scene Hipple calls the most touching he witnessed.
A marine begs not to be given morphine as a corpsman prepares to administer the painkiller. The wounded man resists, fearing he will be unable to fight, but the morphine is given and his muscles relax while he is forced into quiet.
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