Vets Return to Army life Dominates Recruiting
The influx of veterans and new enlistees back into the army surges alongside pay raises, with interviews across seven major reservations showing varied morale. Housing at old temporary barracks remains poor, while officers report mixed morale and calls for better day rooms and recreation as the army navigates postwar life.
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Douglas Larsen
F* Bragg
N. C
NEA
Army
Greenville Army Air Base
S. C
G.I
War Department
James M. Gavin
82Nd Airborne Division
Congress
Island Scramble In West Pacific
Island dispute grows over Spratly islands in the western Pacific. The reef group between Indo China and Borneo is a bone of contention amid imperial claims. The Spratlys, barely above water, host guano used as fertilizer and are linked to competing national interests as Japan eyes Indonesian oil. The 1863 survey by HMS Rifleman and 1933 British and French stance set historic backdrop to the dispute.
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South China Sea
Indo-China
Borneo
Britain
France
Japan
Philippine
Spratly dispute stirs claims across archipelago lines
The argument centers on who owns the Spratly islands 500 miles along a line near Palawan and 200 miles west. The Philippines lays claim to Turtle Islands near North Borneo while weighing further claims on British North Borneo. Chinese consul M L Yuan counters with a prior claim linked to Formosa rule.
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Palawan
Turtle Islands
North Borneo
British North Borneo
Manila
M. L. Yuan
China
Formosa
MacArthur Orders Zaibatsu Dissolution in Japan
Tokyo reports General MacArthur has authorized the liquidation commission to dissolve the vast Zaibatsu trusts. The move targets powerful families like the Mitsuis, whose family laws governed an economic empire for 250 years and were recently dissolved.
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Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
Liquidation Commission
Zaibatsu
Mitsuis
Arkansas Oldest U. S. Battleship sinks at Bikini
The Arkansas, first U.S. battleship sunk by an atomic bomb, was the navy’s oldest dreadnought. Keel laid in Camden New Jersey in 1910, launched 1911, commissioned September 17 1912, alongside USS Wyoming as its lone sister ship. It carried six main batteries with 12 inch guns and a crew of about 400. Paraguay independence noted in 1811.
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Bikini
Arkansas
U.S. Navy
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden, N. J
Wyoming
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