War Department awards and military notes from North Alabama
The War Department postshumously awards the Silver Star to Pfc. J. B. Pearson of the Alabama infantry for his part in a January Mediterranean offensive. Lt. Edwin Ray Childs is promoted to captain. several local service members are named wounded or serving in Europe and the Pacific. Local residents engage in furloughs, training updates, and community events as wartime pages continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
J. B. Pearson
Alabama
Theediterranean
Pearson
Alta Pearson Baker
Remen
Edwin Ray Childs
Cain Street
Russians Declare War On Bulgaria
Moscow radio announced that the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria and broke relations. Bulgaria had been at war with the United States and Britain but not with Russia. Tass criticized Bulgaria for neutrality and harboring German forces.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
Foreiun
Soviet Union
Balkan
United States
Britain
Tass
East Prussian Drive Opened by Reds
Russian troops crossed the Narew River as part of a full offensive toward East Prussia. The German radio said forces reached near Lomza, with the Narew within 12 miles of East Prussia’s southern frontier. Moscow claimed 100 towns captured in the sector and new tank and infantry divisions were brought up.
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Reds
London
Narew
East Prussia
Lomza
the Bug
Allies Sweep Down Hungarian Plains
Russian and Romanian forces move across the Eastern watershed of Hungary while Red Army units drive toward Warsaw East Prussia defense belts in Poland. Coordinated effort targets Transylvania and the Mures river valley as a northern Sibiu advance nears Brasov in Transylvania.
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Vantielde
Moscow
Red Army
Poland
Warsaw-East Prussia
Transylvania
Toungary
Lomza
Warsaw
East Prussia
Mures
Hungary
Sibiu
Turin
Japanese Fleet Blunted as Pacific Raids Hit Hard
Thirty Japanese ships and 107 planes were wrecked in five days of US sea and air bombardments across 4500 miles of the Pacific. US raids damaged 5 ships and destroyed or damaged 68 barges, while land-based strikes hit Paramushiro Palau Halmahera and other islands as Japan pressed light resistance. Tokyo reported gas shortages and two oil mergers while Adm Nakamura warned the fleet would avoid battle without strong land air support.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
Catalina
Davao Gulf
Cele
Lippines
Bonin- Volcano
Sims
Pacific
Paramushiro
Palau
Halmahera
Talaud
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Dutch East Indies
United States
Tokyo
China
U. S
Lingling
Sittaung
Burma
Imperial Air
Dutch Indies
Celebes
Ryozo Nakamura
Medics deserve combat badge say front line aidmen
ERNIE PYLE reports from France on battalion medics in Normandy with 60 percent casualty ratio in seven weeks. They want inclusion in the combat infantry badge program, arguing medical aidmen face similar risks while in forward positions.
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Ernie Pyle
France
Stars and Stripes
Congress
Normandy
War Department
Warships Aid Drive In Italy
Canadian troops of the eighth army with British warships pushed to within six miles of Rimini while facing strong German resistance near Misano and Conca river. British naval bombardment and heavy air strikes attacked Northern Italy as the MAAF wielded 1800 planes against supply routes. Advance along the Serchio river near Lucca and near Corlano continued amid intensified German artillery fire.
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George Tucker Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Po Valley
Conca River
Abissina
Misano
Florence
Fifth
Serchio
Lucca
Pisano
Pisa
Corlano
MAAF
Onslaugh
Italy
Brenner Pass
Genoa
War surplus costs loom in congressional debate
Washington Sept 5 Legislators estimate leftover war supplies worth about 105 billion dollars will yield only about 15 to 30 billion in salvage value. Rep Manasco says the group foresees a possible 99 billion loss as many wartime goods cannot be dismantled or transported for value.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Rep
Manasco
D-Ala
House
Allied Air Attacks Hit Karlsruhe and Rhine Invasion Push
American heavy bombers struck key rail yards and factories in Karlsruhe Stuttgart and Ludwigshafen as Allied forces press toward the Rhine. U S and British air fleets supported from Italy and Britain while Soviet forces advance through the Transylvanian Alps and East Prussia targets.
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London
Rhineland
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Berlin
Italy
Hungary
Transylvanian Alps
Britain
Mosauiios
Hitler
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Daimler-Benz
Ine
Republic
Switzerland
Reich
Hun
Moscow
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Mediterranean
Genoa
France
Brenner Pass
Baden
Nancy
George S. Patton
Strasbourg
Channel
Allied Agents Parachute into Belgium Ahead of Allied Entry
Allied headquarters disclosed that more than 50 agents parachuted into Belgium in preparation for the Allied entry. The secret Belgian army prepared landing grounds and received supplies, including 189 000 gallons of gasoline the Germans badly needed, signaling momentum toward the Ireland creation armies.
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London
Belgium
Air Ce
Rabid Dog Found After Bites In Athens Area
The head of a dog, reported to have bitten several people along Florence road on a Sunday, was examined at Tennessee Valley Laboratory and found to have been rabid. The incident caused concern as several persons were bitten, with no further injuries reported at that time.
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Athens
Tenessee Valley Laboratory
Florence Road
Pana
China Leader says war at difficult stage
President Chiang Kai-Shek told the People's Political Council that China's war of resistance is at a difficult period. He declared the decisive stage has begun in the China theater after defeats on Saipan and Guam and noted Japan's morale boosting offensives in Honan and Hunan. He warned Japan's ambitions have suffered a serious setback and will not be realized.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
People’s Political Council
China
Saipan
Guam
Chiang
Japan
Honan
Hunan
Argentina denies Nazi refuge rumors after war
Rodolfo Garcia Arias, charge d'affaires of Argentina, declares that rumors of Argentina becoming a refuge for Nazi leaders are totally unfounded. He notes Argentina has no relations with the Axis and has instructions from the government to deny such versions. A prior Spanish ambassador issued a similar denial.
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Washington
Rodolfo Garcia Arias
Argentina
Garcia
Hero
Juan Francisco de Cardenas
Spain
Demobilization Plans Outlined by War Department
Washington reports the War Department outlined demobilization plans before the House military committee with 24 hour secrecy on details. Chairman May said the outline would be released at noon Wednesday. Senate committee leaders said War Department personnel readjustment talks followed Germany defeat.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
War Department
Thomas
Dutah
Senate Military Committee
Germany
Slovakia's Premier Resigns as Tiso Forms New Government
The DNB agency reports Premier Bela Tuka of the Nazi-created Slovak state resigned. Dr. Joseph Tiso announces a new government led by his brother Dr. Stephen Tiso, former Bratislava provincial court president.
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New York
DNB
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Bela Tuka
Stephen Tiso
Bratislava
Allies Denounced By General After Aid Denied
Polish exiled government faces a new crisis after Gen Sosnkowski denounces Allied failure to aid Warsaw. Premier Mikolajczyk meets with Anthony Eden as tensions rise over support to Polish partisans and military reorganization. The dispute could speed a showdown with Moscow and affect Poland’s civilian governance plan.
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James F. King
London
Poland
Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Warsaw
Stanislaw Mikoljczyk
Anthony Eden
Sosnkowski
Soviet
Russia
Eden
Mikolajczyk
Bor
London News Chronicle
Mikola Jezyk
Moscow
Bombs Hit Tirpitz in Arctic Strike
British naval planes struck the German battleship Tirpitz and damaged at least 16 other vessels in Northern waters. Attacks hit radio stations and installations along the Norwegian coast near the Arctic Circle. nine German planes were shot down and eleven British aircraft were lost.
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London
Admiralty
Hammerfest
Arctic Circle
North Cape
Allies push into Germany as war nears Siegfried Line
Allied forces surge across Western Europe toward Germany with tanks in Strasbourg and along the Rhine. Eisenhower reports lagging battlefield updates as operations unfold, while Allied air and ground units press the retreating Nazi forces. About 100000 German troops are trapped off Pas de Calais as the Siegfried line looms.
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Hitler
Strasbourg
Rhine
Fuehrer
Germany
Europe
Eisenhower
Gueereh Tha
Siegfried Line
Pas De-Celais
England
Fast Patton Units Moving With Secrecy
British troops push into Holland and Belgium amid tight security as Patton’s Third Army advances from Lorraine toward Germany. Unconfirmed reports claim Aachen and Saarbrucken across the frontier, while Karlsruhe rail yards and Luftwaffe airfields face air attacks. Brest siege clashes continue on the Brittany peninsula as German resistance endures.
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James M. Long
London
Holland
Belgium
Agd
Supreme Headquarters
Third Army
George S. Patton Jr
Brittany
le Mans
Falaise Gap
Paris
Orleans
Aachen
Germany
Liege
Saarbucken
Verdun
Patton
Strasebourg
France
Nancy
Karlsruhe
Strasbourg-Saarbrucken
Brest
Luxembourg Welcomes Allied Troops With Joyful Broadcast
Premier Pierre Dupong declares Allied troops have arrived on Luxembourg soil. He urges citizens to greet them with flags and best attire, thanking the forces for liberating the country and ending a long period of danger. The exact arrival time was not specified.
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London
Pierre Dupong
Luxembourg
Allied advances push to Belgian Dutch border as war tolls rise
Reports claim 76 000 enemy POWs and 64 500 wounded with 19 500 dead. Canadians near Boulogne while British forces push toward Dunkerque and Rotterdam. A British flying column reportedly reaches Breda and advances toward Rotterdam as German forces face heavy losses and a pocket at Mons. End.
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Third Army
Belgium
Holland
Boulogne
France
Caelais
Dunkerque
Rotterdam
Brussels
Antwerp
Breda
Netherlands
Supreme Headquarters
Mons
U. S First Army
Siegfried Line
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