Nazi Losses in Balkans and Crete Report
Berlin says 2,559 German soldiers were killed and 3,169 missing across the Balkans and Crete with 5,620 wounded. It notes 10,700 British and 5,000 Greek captured in Crete and claims 5,000 Allied deaths. The report details army and air force losses by campaign and notes Allied shipping losses in the Mediterranean through May.
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Berlin
Balkan
Crete
Balkans
Mediterranean
Hermann
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth Ad
An old ad promotes PASTEETH an alkaline powder to sprinkle on denture plates. It claims to keep false teeth more firmly set with no gummy taste or uncomfortable feeling and offers a confident, secure fit. Available at drug stores as FABTEETH.
Invasion Led by Goering Aerial Command Cast
Wilhelm Goering headed supreme operations with Col. Gen. Alexander Loehrer directing air fleet No 4 which carried out the invasion. Loehrer previously led the Austrian air force as commander-in-chief.
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Wilhelm Goering
Alexander Loehrer
Recruit 17 Tries Civilian Life After Reuniting With Mother
A 17-year-old soldier, Lewis Walter Koch, left his Fort Lewis post to find his mother in St. Louis after learning she was alive. He surrendered at Jefferson Barracks, was granted a minority discharge, and expressed relief at reuniting with his mother Eugen Yackey.
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ST. Louis
Lewis Walter Koch
Eugen Yackey
Koch
Chicago
Elgin
Fort Lewis
Seattle
First West Point Graduate Married in 1941 Class
Second Lieut Arnold Thomas of Grass Creek Ind married becoming the first member of the United States Military Academy 1941 graduating class to wed and 27 others planned marriages by Sunday as reported from West Point New York.
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West Point
N. Y
Arnold Thomas
Grass Creek
Ind
United States Military Academy
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