Paratroopers Aid in Normandy Bridge Action Led by Lord Lovat
Leonard Mosley recounts Brigadier Lord Lovat and a small band of commandos who vowed to support the Sixth Airborne at the Caen canal bridges. They pressed through heavy German fire on D-Day, arriving just two and a half minutes late at 12:15, after a perilous 10 mile march.
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Normandy
Lord Lovat
Lovat
Sixth Airborne Division
England
River Orne
Caen
Caen Canal
Piper
William Millin
Glasgow
Poet of the People in War Time Verse
A soldier requests practical aid over grand prose as he speaks of need for artillery and supplies. The poem by Edgar A. Guest stresses that frontline troops want cannons and materiel more than praise and words.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Insignia of Fighting Squadron Highlighted in Naval Air Unit
A page shows an insigne of Fighting Squadron from U S naval aviation. The graphic likely accompanies a caption naming the squadron and its unit within the Navy's air arm.
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Fighting Squadron
U.s. Naval Aviation
U.S. Navy
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Brooklyn Bridge
Williams
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Poe
Aoe
Mandrake the Magician
Lothar
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Byler Fale and
Phil Davis
IFT
Narda
Wort
BY Leslie Turner
Sust
Clancy
Easy
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Boots
BY Edgar Martin
Tim Tyler
Joe Palooka
B. Ham Fisher
Jerry
France
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
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Li'l Abner
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Uti
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Fred Fez
Opal
Lemme Olta
Lyman Young
High Bluff Tunnel
Nour
Superman
Jerry Stegel
Joe Shuster
Ted
Agi
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Popeye
Ootenant
Lieutenant Swee'pea
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Bolly
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King Restos Syndice
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