Submarine Barb Commander Earns Honor for Daring Surface Attack
The U S Bar b under Commander Eugene B Flackey earned the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Unit Citation for a daring surface attack on a Japanese convoy at anchor in shallow water. The mission featured bold navigation through rocky, fish laden waters and a high speed escape past escorting ships.
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Washington
U.s.barb
Navy
Forrestal
Eugene B. Flackey
Fluckey
Annapolis
Flackey
Reaves Accepts Pastorate At First Baptist Mobile
Dr. Howard M. Reaves associate editor of the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville Tenn has accepted a call as pastor of the First Baptist Church Mobile Alabama and will assume duties July 1 The report notes Reaves pastorship follows his long service in church education and leadership in the region The item closes with a reference to motors first came into use about which appears truncated in the clipping
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Mobile
Ala
Howard M. Reaves
The
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn
First Baptist Church
Night at the Sunrise Pavilion Heralds Romantic Tangles
Lucienne and Ralph Kramer share a dance while Gail contemplates Lucienne’s future and a possible marriage. Dr Kramer’s hospital liaison fuels tension as Gail weighs love, career, and loyalty amid a wartime social circle.
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Lucienne
Ralph
Gail
Agnes
Burke
Palisades
Ralph Kramer
Lily Lanahan
Stephen McCormick
Reyna
Army
Stephen
Sub Crews Silent On Their Escapes
An American submarine bogs down in mud off an enemy coast during a war patrol in the Western Pacific. The crew fights, frees the boat despite damaged screws, and returns home, with Lt. Comdr. J. R. Danson recalling the narrowly escaped loss amid wartime silence and bravado.
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Hamilton Faron
Western Pacific
Navy
Comdr
J. R. Danson
Danson
Robert Ramspeck
Nebrig Named Pilot in Italy With 60th Troop Carrier Unit
Flight Officer Donald A. Nebrig son of Mr and Mrs Robert F Nebrig Decatur has been assigned to the 11th squadron of the 60th troop carrier group in Italy. He flew wings at Marfa Texas in 1944 and has been overseas since March 1945 with the Mediterranean theatre's oldest troop carrier group aiding Tito’s Partisans and Balkans evacuations.
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Donald A. Nebrig
Robert F. Nebrig
Decatur
60Th
Italy
Nebrig
Riverside High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Decatur Iron and Steel Works
Army
Marfa Army Air Field
Marfa
Texas
12Th Air Force
Mediterranean
European
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Gunner’s mate Sandlin returns home after Atlantic torpedo
Mynatt W. Sandlin of Hartselle, USNR, gunner’s mate 3-C, arrives at New Orleans after his merchant vessel was torpedoed near the Straits of Gibraltar on February 17. He says the ship took on water but did not sink, and was beached at Gibraltar with no injuries. Sandlin enlisted in 1942 and has over two years at sea protecting merchant ships. He has visited Australia, India, South Africa, South America, and the Netherlands East Indies. He is a Falkville high school graduate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blan Sandlin of Hartselle, with wife Lee Jean at home in Hartselle.
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Mynatt W. Sandlin
C. Usnr
Hartselle
U.S. Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Atlantic Ocean
Straits of Gibraltar
Sandlin
Gibraltar
Australia
India
South Africa
South America
New Hebrides
Falkville High School
Blan Sandlin
Lee Jean
Largest Southern women’s college enrollment tops 2,000 at Alabama
The University of Alabama reports 2,033 women students at term end, the largest for any southern higher education institution. Jefferson County leads with 336, Tuscaloosa County 310, Mobile 98.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
South
Agnes Ellen Harris
Jefferson County
Alabama
Mobile
Quote on infantry versus submarine warfare
The speaker explains why he pities infantry men saying that in the infantry they shoot at a man while in submarines they only shoot at the boat. This contrasts frontline combat with naval warfare using a sharp, wry observation.
POW Arrives in San Francisco After Liberation
Col. Hayette Adams of Ozark Alaska a prisoner of war freed in the Philippines has arrived at Letterman hospital San Francisco the Army ninth service command announced June 4.
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San Franciso
Hayette Adams
Ozark
Alas
Philippines
Letterman Hospital
Army Ninth Service Command
Dried Fruits Add Natural Sweetness to Desserts
Using dried fruits as natural sugar boosts sweetness in desserts. Dried apricots figs dates and raisins provide concentrated sugars and distinctive flavors, enabling lower added sugar while maintaining satisfaction.
Alabama receives over 300000 in gifts since 1942
University of Alabama reports more than 300000 dollars in gifts grants-in-aid and endowed scholarships since 1942. President Raymond R Paty announced the total.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Raymond R. Paty
SGT. Reynolds Back in States After Pacific Service
Marine Sergeant William W. Reynolds 20, of Decatur, a mechanic with a first Marine Air Fighter Squadron, returned from the Pacific for furlough and reassignment. Son of Mr and Mrs W W Reynolds Sr of 1028 Jackson St he attended Decatur Riverside High School. Based in the Solomon and Philippine Islands he underwent bombing and strafing but escaped injury. Enlisted February 1943 and promoted February 1945. He has three brothers in the service.
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William W. Reynolds
Decatur
Marine Air
Pacific
W. W. Reynolds
Jackson St
Riverside High School
Solomon and
Philippine Islands
Decatur Daily
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