So Lucky He'd Hate to Tempt Fortune Again
Tech. Sgt. Jessi F. Fauchier recounts 57 bombing missions over Anzio, Italy, the Po Valley, Rome, Florence and southern France with the 12th Air Force. He earned a Presidential Unit Citation with cluster and Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters. He recalls the Anzio invasion flight through heavy flak and a near-morse hydraulic failure, the D-day milk runs, and the importance of radio and music aboard.
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BBC
Fauchier praises life abroad and in Sardinia stays
In Sardinia radio culture grows with five tentmates paying 120 dollars for a radio, enjoying ad free network broadcasts and powerful German stations. Sally the propagandist American advisor spreads tips while the troops savor comforts, Florence disappoints, Rome impresses, and the sailor from Sioux Falls values America. Fauchier, son of J H and Mrs J H Fauchier, with a 21 day furlough, plans Santa Monica leave on December 3 after serving as a radio operator and gunnery student at Fort Myers.
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Center Point Road
Dorothy Hungerford
Santa Monica
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Fort Myers
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Barksdale Field
Hitler doubles in latest assassination report claims ears proof
London based Daily Express asserts a phony Hitler is posing in public since the July 20 assassination attempt. A published analysis compares ears, arguing the replacement’s ears match a different shape from Hitler’s known ears.
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Adolf Hitler
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the Express
Portrait comparison notes ear shapes in photographs
A brief observational note contrasts ears in photographs showing Hitler with a pronounced curved top and a fake with shallower curves. The remark focuses on ear anatomy as a distinguishing feature in images.
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