Flying Fortress crews win warm Russia welcome in wartime visit
In a Soviet airbase report dated June 9 1944 American and British aircrews are welcomed by Russians with flowers, gifts, and hospitality. Officers and enlisted men recount humor and human moments as they exchange stories with locals and tour village life.
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Russell H. Bradshaw
Rochester
George Schmeelk
New York City
David Morris
Georgetown
Washington, D.C
Russia
Soviet Union
New York State
Maj
Joseph Cunningham
Milton
Mass
Red Army
United States
Strait Kimmons
Houston
Texas
Rodney Blaylock
Macon
John Greenfield
Kingston
N.Y
William R. McCook
Oneonta
John Johnson
Draffin, Ky
Josie Lee West
Whitesburg
John Puntch
Paul Smyers
Amarillo
Tex
Amarillo Junior College
Puntch
James F. Ellis
Dallas
Dewey
Stephens
Fresno
Cal
Joseph Schuber
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles H. Hillhouse
Lafayette
Leonard H. Kelley
Santa Monica
James S. Stewart
Atlanta
Donald H. Smith
Chambersburg
Joseph M. Wilder
Conshohocken
Obituary notices for McKee Hall Price Nelson Stancoff and Stancoff
Obituary notices report Clara Myrtle McKee 58 wife of Dayton McKee of Paca died in a Charleston hospital. Also listed are two daughters Opal Mildred and a son James at home. Memorials set for 2 p m at Paca Baptist Church with Rev. William B Miller officiating. burial Center Point cemetery. Other obituaries note James West died at 3 am and James Hall 81 buried Koontz cemetery. Perry Marshall Price 94 to be laid to rest at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Spring Hill mausoleum. Billy Eugene Nelson 4 5 son of Sanford Nelson of Chesapeake died in Charleston hospital. Nick Stancoff 59 of Three Mile on Blue Creek died Wednesday. service 2 p m at residence, burial Hall cemetery on Blue Creek. The barlett Wynns mortuary handles Nelson’s arrangements and Hafer mortuary Elkview handles Stancoff transfer. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, and grandchildren as listed.
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Clara Myrtle McKee
Myrtle McKee
Dayton McKee
Paca
Charleston
Opal
Mildred
James
Paca Baptist Church
William Bricen Miller
Center Point
Gatens
Poca
Barlow Mortuary
James 5
Hall
Harry W. Adams
Nancy St
Wallace M. Alston
Frst Presbyterian Church
Koontz
Clendenin
Perry M. Price
Perry Marshall Price
Pennsylvania
Calvary Baptist Church
Ernest L. Honts
Spring Hill Mausoleum
B. W. L. Price
W. J. Highton
Molohan
Ray Cox
C. E
Billy Eugene Nelson
Sanford ‘Nelson
Chesapeake
Dallas
Jackie
Ronald
Sanford
Lucillce
Della Nelson
Sarah Duncan
Bartlett and Wynns
Belle
Nick Stancoff
Three Mile
Blue Creek
Spencer
Hall Cemetery
Hafer
Elkview
Hornet
George Leese
Italy
Helen Davis
Louise Leese
Dawley Reinstated to Brigadier General Rank After Salerno Demotion
Washington reports Col Ernest J Dawley of Antigo Wisconsin is nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to brigadier general. Dawley was briefly a major general and commander of an army corps during the Salerno operation before a demotion at Clark's scene. Reasons cited include belief the demotion was too hasty and renewed demonstrated ability.
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Washington
Andegn
Salerno
Ernest J. Dinley
Antigo
Wis
Roosevelt
Dawleyad
Dawley
Baltic
6Th Corps
Providence
R. 1
North Africa
Mark Clark
United States
Birth and marriage notices from St Francis hospital page
A jumble of birth announcements lists families from Rand Charms ton Venable Av and St Francis hospital with names like Metz Means CG Treadway Williams and Ferrara. Also included are marriage applications, property transfers, and Treasury figures from June reports.
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Daughie
Pail Metz
Rand
St. Francis Hospital
Freel Means
Charmston Rt
Bt. Francis Hospital
M. L
Steustonay
Prayers
R. L. Treadway
Avon &1
Bart Williams
Atterrenice
Bland Courtney
Sale Av
St. Francis Hospitla
Lovell Johnson
Bissanville
Juna
St. Francis Hase Pilale
P. J. Ferrara
Awathmote Av
St. Francis Hos
Irvin Flemming
Avelt Av
St. Albans
Jesse Walker Pryans
Dane
St. Francis Hospicel
Wiliam Mallory
St. Francis
Pee Gee
Lents Stecoy
Chesapeake
Hubert Adkins
Ag Cheivan
Dune
McMillan Hospital
I Gai
A. F. Welch
Ura Riverside
South Candeston
McMillin Hospital
Charles McDonald
Breadmoore Apts
Mcbilllan Hospital
Theny
East St. Lauts
Millen Hospital
M Pork
Aga
James ‘T. Ma Charleston
Allied Invasion Vehicles Learn to Sail Ashore Under Fire
Supreme Headquarters describes early attempts to land tanks and armored cars without ports, testing waterproof wading devices. by August 1943 engineers produced production kits after repeated trials. Twenty-five hundred trucks were prepared for eight weeks of use, with crews given handbooks and limited training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Vasinn
Ips
Britain
Dieppe
Sarateh
AED
Trurks
Acrobat in Fifth Floor Window Stunt Ends with Shoes Landing on Pedestrian
Joseph Arcano, 35, swung from a door frame in his sixth floor office daily. Today his shoes were slammed through a window onto Eleanore Harris, 25, who was on the sidewalk below. She fainted but escaped injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arcano
Eleanore Harris
Argentina Covers Vast Area Exceeding One Million Square Miles
A historical note states that Argentina spans more than a million square miles, underscoring its extensive geographic reach across the continent and its regional significance in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
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Hackensack
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Ravenswood, W. Va
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