Army engineers tour dangerous enemy island in pacific mapping mission
Four United States army technicians on a secret 00 mile mapping mission through Japanese held territory were escorted by native tribes, who guarded and guided them at all times. The party reported native loyalty to Allied forces and described primitive living conditions and improvised meals. Missions included nightly prayers led by native leaders with Christian hymns.
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Washington
Tives
United Tates Army
South Pacific
Allves
Cmy
Tech
Rold N. Hulseberg
Chicago
Joseph Barbie
New Roads
Techcian
John Cahill
Kitefish Bay
Wis
Techician
Robert D. Miler
Weldon
Eac
New Zealand
Halseberg
Barbie
U. S. Army Engineer Corps
Whitefish Bay
Harold H. Hulsberg
Joseph G. Barbie
Robert D. Miller
Germans Use Goat Herd Diversion in Night Attack
Indian Observer Tom Treanor arrives at front in Italy and details a desperate night assault near Ilignano. German goat herders unleashed machine pistols and goats to mislead U s lines while Pvt. Clark risked exposure to direct artillery fire and rescue the left flank, aiding a break of the attack as dawn revealed fallen goats and enemy dead.
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Pvt
Mark
Patterson
Ilignano
Jack ‘Oisie
Stars and Stripes
Arkeley
Calif
Hood Ver
Ore
New York City
Crafaik
Jerry
Harvey Pollard
Okmulgee
Oklo
Pollard
Pvt. Clark
Capt
Clark
War Bond Deduction Advised For Families
The message urges families to allocate beyond 18 per cent of income to War Bonds, noting that half of households have at least two workers. It frames the suggestion as a payday driven savings directive for supporting the war effort.
Navy says battlefleet supports Nauru attack near Truk
United States battleships joined carrier planes and surface forces in the Nauru assault west of the Gilberts. Admiral Nimitz reported Dec 8 that installations were destroyed and ten Japanese planes were shot down while two US planes and a destroyer suffered minor damage from shore fire.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Nauru Island
Gilberts
Chester W. Nimitz
Nauru
Gilbert Islands
Truk
Tokyo Radio
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Costentia
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Yanks
Marshalls
Nimitz
Jaluit Atoll
Geder Rapids
Lews
Mattyr
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United Press International News Service
Iowa
U._S. Territories
Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N
Bureau of Advertising
Newman's
Oxfords
Children’s Shoes Newman’s
Newman
Coats
Pr. and
L. B. Evans
Cedar ‘Rapids
Tailor Town
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