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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1943
Page
20
TOM TREANOR reports from THE FRONT IN ITALY as American tanks roll through a mined pass to soften German defenses around Castino. Air support, artillery, and infantry advances accompany the assault, with tanks taking hits and crews pressing toward the village amid heavy fire and coordinated air strikes.
Sgt Charles J Seda son of Mr and Mrs Charles Seda 1800 I Street SW stationed in England attended Oxford University and studied at Balliol College meeting officers of many ranks while sharing meals and lectures with notable figures including Prof A L Goodhart and Crown Prince Olav Seda recalls daily life with early starts paired with valet service and a lively international student mix in the Balliol hall setting.
Military families listed as men and women in service with transfers and furloughs. Fred George transfers from Bremerton to Seattle naval air base. Mrs Miller and Miss Ferriter enlistments and travels to Camp Lejeune. Pvt R L Root arrives from Australia for 24 day furlough with family. George Julis begins training at Keesler Field. William Bingham to preflight at Lincoln air base. Kenneth Hansen on furlough from Amarillo. Raymond Bagley returns to Camp White after furlough. Hugh Mulcahey heads to army December 20.
A correspondent recalls hosting a young British ATS officer, tours of Oxford colleges guided by students, and evenings with Dr. and Mrs. Allen. He notes exchanges about wartime life, purchases in a tea shop, and the scarcity of local papers beyond war news and official notices.
Stockholm dispatch says Dr. Alfred Funk head of the Gestapo special court for Ukraine was fatally shot by partisans in Rovna. The Aftonbladet report notes Nazi leaders were stunned by the raid and that 100 Rovna residents were executed with many more sent to concentration camps in retaliation.
Southeast Asia theater unites all American and British air combat units into a single Allied air force. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Pierse named air commander in chief for the southeast Asia command with Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer heading the Eastern air command. The move consolidates the Tenth U.S. Army Air Force and RAF Bengal into one force.
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