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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1944

Page

3

Grasshopper air force led by Captain Marinelli in Italy

Captain Jack L. Marinelli commands a small, unarmed Grasshopper unit in Italy with 18 planes and 18 pilots. He and his crew spot Nazi artillery positions for American batteries and fly low over enemy lines to gather information, often under threat from German ground gunners and occasional fighters.

Fifth Army Cassino Jack L. Marinelli Berlin Marinelli Ottumwa Italy

Manrake the Magician Escapes Air Attack

Aerial chase described with fiction quips as four Focker Wulfs are outmaneuvered by Mandrake. He notes a single 20 mm shell eased pressure but caused no harm.

Yugoslav Leader Ngrizont Supplicates Amid Ceremony

Pictured Yugoslav leader Ngrizont appeals during a royal or state ceremony. The scene includes musical elements and mentions of African delegates and atmospheric notes as part of the event.

Ngrizont Mzshal

Poet Guest Paints Air Corps WAC Fantasy

The verse imagines a maidenly poet wishing to be a young Air Corps WAC, slender and capable, who could man ships and guard the air while others guard the ground. The speaker laments being too old and stout to fly or sail, leaving her at home as useless.

Air Corps Wac Air Corps WAC Wacs

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