Piggyback Ride with Yank Strafers of Nazi Columns
Aboard Ninth Air Force Thunderbolt pilots under Col. Ray Stecker bombard and strafe German spearheads near the First Army front. The unarmed Thunderbolt crew, including Lt. Col. John Murphy, push through clouds to attack tanks trucks and troops, destroying 27 tanks and 95 trucks with 21 more likely damaged while enduring tight cockpits and perilous flights.
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Robert Muse
Ninth Air Force
Combs
Col
Ray Stecker
West Point
Stecker
John Murphy
Fargo
N. D
George Brooking
Livingston
Mont
Cordner
Posthumous DSC Honors Four Chaplain Heroes
Distingu ished Service Crosses were presented posthumously to the families of four chaplains who perished on the Dorchester after giving up lifebelts to soldiers. Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell awarded the crosses at Fort Myer Virginia in simple post chapel services. The recipients were the families of Lt. Clark V. Poling Lt. George L. Fox Lt. John P. Washington and Lt. Alexander D. Goode.
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Elizabeth J. Poling
Schenectady
N. Y
Clark V. Poling
Clark, Jr
Corky
Daniel Poling
Philadelphia
Christian Endeavor Union
Isadore Fox
Chicopee Falls
Mass
George L. Fox
John P. Washington
Newark
N. J
Leonard A. Schwoebel
Thresa Goode
Washington, D. C
Alexander D. Goode
Eighth Army Advances in Adriatic Sector
British Eighth Army forces made limited gains in the Adriatic sector of the Italian front, with cautious offensive operations reported near coastal areas and supply routes temporarily disrupted. Allied units pressed forward while resisting counterattacks from German and Italian forces in occupied zones.
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Rome
INS
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Patrol clashes tightens on Bologna area front
Activity along the north and northeast of the Fifth army front below Bologna and Faenza consisted of patrol clashes and sharp artillery exchanges as Allied forces faced determined German opposition.
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Fifth Army
Bologna
Faenza
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