Deaths and supply woes shape Steele’s wartime tale
Cedar Rapids veteran Jack Steele recounts a year in the British Isles where supply failures doomed tanks guns and rations. He describes UN forces gathering in England with diverse nationalities and the urgent quest to move equipment and meals to front lines amid bungling offices and slow deliveries.
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Jack Steele
Cedar Rapids
British Isles
Corp. Steel
Isles
England
Corp
Steele
Europe
United States
Australia
Norway
Holland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
New Zealand
United Nations
Polish Soldier Praises Red Cross and Polish Fighters in England
Corp. A. B. Steele recalls American aid in the British Isles, praising Red Cross care for morale and meals. He notes Poles as the fiercest foes of Germany and desires to join MacArthur after Texas training, eyeing a shift to the Pacific theater.
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Iowa National Guard
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England
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Red Cross
America
Canada
Isles
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A. B. Steele
Sixth Avenue
Winifred Johnson
Third Avenue
Texas
MacArthur
Red Cross Nurses Praised in Letter From Overseas
A Jan 16 letter from abroad praises Red Cross nurses for swift action and resilience. The writer urges the head nurse to relay thanks, saying the army would be lost without women nurses and that the world will be proud of them after the conflict ends.
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Soviet offensive at Rzhev uses American and British weapons
Soviet general Col. Yacov Dimitriev said American and British tanks and planes were used in the Rzhev operation west of Moscow, where the German lines were smashed two weeks prior. He noted heavy winter conditions limited use of foreign armor, as most armored formations remained Russian built and the city’s mills and terminals lay in ruins with 247 residents remaining.
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