Leyte Mass Celebrated Amid War At Church Hospital
In Leyte a Mass was celebrated in a church hospital as wounded and dying Filipino civilians and soldiers lay among cots. Col Howard P. Taylor directed medical care while planes hovered and anti aircraft fire rattled the church. A Filipino boy with a fatal wound died during mass.
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Acarn
Clee
Nisred
Arsen
Dita Pachelo
Howard P. Taylor
Cleveland
Ohio
Auigery
Cuerritas
Amin
Murs
Lew Ayres
Slim Star
Chuirch Hospital
Mindoro Air Campaign Report. Allied Planes Destroyed
MacArthur's communique reports Mindoro air losses with 24 Japanese planes shot down near beachhead and shipping. Far East air forces claim 122 planes shot down across Luzon Visayas Mindanao in raids by Liberators Thunderbolts and Seventh Fleet. Casualty tallies include ships sunk and damaged as tallying continues.
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Mindoro
MacArthur
Dee
Philippine
Far East Air Force
Thunderbolts
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
Associated Press
Herbert James
Vite Adin
John S. McCain
Adin
Halses
James
McCain
U S Jungle Unit Visits Burma Town After Tank Push
Maj. Gen. Daniel I. Sutton visits Bhamo in Burma after a five hour tour of the ruined teakwood fortress. American and Chinese tanks arrived too late to help in the battle as the last four Japanese defenders were driven from bunkers in the Irrawaddy town. The advance followed a 2000 mile Ledo road march from near Myitkyina through mountains and rivers.
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U. S
U.S
Stie
India-Burma
Daniel I. Sutton
Stilwell
Burma
Bhatna
Irrawaddy
Tine
Bhamo
Ledo Road
Myit
Kyina
Reds Map Up Near Bratislava In World War II Contention
Reds map up movements near Bratislava with a Matinovsky spearhead breaking lines at Ipoly Saz and advancing within 80 miles of the Slovak capital. Reports say another unit sits 30 miles south of a town while pressure grows toward Vienna.
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Matinovsky
Fila Slovakia
Ipoly-Saz
Sahy
Budapest
Bratislava
Vienna
American Forces Break Through Saar Mountain Forts At Dilingen
Allied troops push through German defenses along the Saar front from Dilingen to the west bank, breaching Westwall positions and advancing into Gerschelin and near Sarrebourg. U.S. divisions report heavy artillery exchanges, capturing hundreds of prisoners and advancing toward fortified Saar towns as German attacks widen along the Roer and Ardennes fronts.
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Saar Basin
Diltingen
Saarland
Gerschelin
Sarreruetines
Courtney J. Hodges
Mortainront Augrat
Heckehurcheid
We Jmellen
Belchan
Luxembourg
Vianten
Echternach
Roer
Duren
Bont
Buren
6Th Army
Ist Army
Mariawelter
Gureenich
Mottschau
Aachen
Tih
Palatinate
de Visser
Rhine
Werenearlaz
Slestried
Hohenthal
Relch
Wissesnbours
Schweigen
Biz
Karlsruhe
Hotnviller
Randor
Bitche
Schinserlint
Schiesspocks
Otterbiel
Grand Uuhehirkel
Freimeberg
Colinas Mulhouse Permister
Alsace
U.S. Aéth
Selt Kayserbert
Colmar
George S. Watton
Westwall
Dilingen
Texas
Oklahoma
Saar
Dil+ Amgen
Ditto Gerscheiny
Seven Niles
French Soviet treaty explained for cabinet and assembly
Gen Charles de Gaulle and Georges Bidault outlined a new pact with the Soviet bloc. The cabinet studied the alliance, calling it a capital factor in solidarity within the United Nations and essential for France's future security. De Gaulle will submit the pact to the assembly this week for ratification.
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Charles de Gaulle
Georges
Bidault
Iand
United Nations
Accurty
France
de Gaulle
Hall
Relief in Europe Continues With Supplies and War Strain
The report notes ongoing efforts to deliver food and materials to war‑torn European nations. Three British supply experts accompany the relief delegation as winter shortages loom. The Western Front fighting prolongs and increases demand on transportation and shipping to Germany.
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Europe
Germany
German Reinforcements Struck As Saar Offensive Opens
Allied air forces pounded a German column near Nunkirchen and Saarlautern as reinforcements moved into the Saar area. German fighter planes battled back to screen a winter counter attack, with a heavy Luftwaffe effort last night resulting in multiple losses.
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Siegried
Saar
Nunkirchten
Saarlautern
Russia Resents War Coverage Cuts Reflections on European Front
Russia criticized a December 3 article for doubting Moscow's military decisions in Tehran. The Army and Navy Journal argued Russia prioritized Baltic and Balkan security over swift victory in Europe, rebutting U.S. hopes for an end to the war by the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Foreign observers expect a major winter strike by the Red Army in Poland.
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Rage Ft
Russia
Teheran
Army and Navy Journal
Deday
France
Ruslan
Baltic
Balkan
Great Britain
Greece
Albani
Germany
Washington
Europe
Pravdy
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
Poland
Aerial Siege Helps MacArthur in Philippines
United States patrols report shooting down nine enemy planes in three days as Mindoro landings by General MacArthur are shielded from heavy air attacks. Aerial efforts led by Admiral McCain and others pressed the Philippines front, countering Japanese night flights from distant bases.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Adm
McCain
Iima
Pacific Coast Ban on Exclusion Orders Reversed
The War Department announces the revocation of mass exclusion orders on loyal residents and long-standing aliens with records tested by military scrutiny. Evacuation conducted earlier this year shifts toward broader movement rights across the United States as Pacific operations push enemy forces further from U S shores.
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Aps
Pacific Coast
Cestry
United States
Pacific
Cat
Tle
Department
Department of the Interior
War Department
Army
Return of Japanese Americans to West Coast Promoted
War Department pushes a gradual and orderly program to relocate people of Japanese descent nationwide. It expects Pacific coast residents will grant returning individuals full consideration as loyal citizens and law abiding residents.
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West Coast
United States
War Department
Pacific Coast
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