Budapest Under Siege Amid War Ruins and Fuel Shortages
Budapest’s opera scene persists with alternates as 60 carnage scarred ravines open fronts. Bridges lie in Danube, telephones scarce, and harvests thin while wartime traffic collapses. Infantry badge awarded to Wykle D Williams Sr in Germany. Navy wounded reports. American Standards issues protective garments for steel workers. ad for hair tonic ends.
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Budapest
Halle
Vorosmlov
Danube
Buda
Hungary
Wykle D Williams Sr
Dothan
Whuile
Germany
Stench Of Death and Cafes Battle for Budapest Memory
A fragment recalls a wartime trek through Budapest Prague and Bratislava with American and Allied forces. The narrative hints at a grim mission of the Seventh Army and the impact of occupation on the city’s cultural sites like cafes and music venues.
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Budapest
Hungarian capital Budapest under Allied occupation after siege
Howard Byrd, Army correspondent, reports Budapest as the first Allied occupied city with Soviet forces in control. He notes a population decline from about 5090 to around 600 thousand and mentions talk of parliamentary elections in September as part of a five man county plan. Former Premier Karoly may be among founders of Budapest’s famed hotels, with the Batanria still standing.
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Howard Byt
Luce 25A
Elway
New York
Howard Byrd
Strath
Ovnekh
Danuie
Budapest
Marshal Kiement
Y. Voto
Whch
Julius Karoly
Batanria
Paratrooper James Rupert Shipper Completes Training
James Rupert Shipper son of Mr and Mrs WT Sione of Halebure route one completed four weeks of jump training at the Parachute School Fort Benning Georgia. Public relations office announced the achievement detailing his service with the WS Ary Para troops.
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Pyt Sripper
James Rupert Shipper
Sione
Halebure
Parachute School
Fort Benning
Return of Private Eugene Williamson Wins Service Homecoming
Private Eugene Williamson husband of Lena Mae Williamson of Dothan Route Two returned from twenty months in the European Theater of Operations. The announcement was made today.
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Eugene Williamson
Lena Mae William
Sor
Dothan
Dolph Camilli Joins Red Sox For Season Push
NEA Staff Correspondent New York Dolph Camilli, veteran first baseman once beloved by Dodgers fans, signs with the Boston Red Sox in a bid to revive his career. Once traded from Brooklyn to San Francisco then Oakland, Camilli sought a managerial path but will now serve as a bench veteran with a chance to help the Sox release George Metkovich for Ott. He cites lingering foot troubles but remains hopeful to contribute in Boston as the team battles from the cellar early in the season.
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NEA
New York
Jimmy Foxx
Dick Coffman van Mungo Hod Lasenbee
Jim Turper
Dolph Camili
Dodger
Brooklyn
Giants
Dolph
Mel OH
Tate
Oakland
Pacific
Bert
Laviontade
Calif
Camille
Gurmiili
Gahkland
Lar Janville
Cemih
Red Sox
George Metkovich
Met Ott
Carul
Sox
Dolph Camuill
Long Gall
Epsom
Air Force heroes from local area in 22nd TAC Italy tour
Three local servicemen served with the 22nd Tactical Air Command under the 12th Air Force providing air support for the Fifth Army during the Italian campaign. Sergeant Thomas A Ross of Dothan worked as a Machinist Engineer in the 348 Squadron, 350th Fighter Group. Private John L Blackmon, son of Emanuel Blackmon, served as a guard-patrolman in Company A, 904 Air Base Security Battalion. Private First Class Rufus Hagen, son of Fannie Ranson of 412 Summerlee Alley, was a rifleman with the 101st Air Base Security Battalion in Italy.
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2Th Air Force
22Nd Tactical Air Command
12Th Air Force
Fifth Army
Italy
Censer
Thomas A Ross
Dothan
John L Blackmon
Emanuel Blackmon
Rufus Hagen
Fannie Ranson
Summere Alley Futanln
Air Baise
Una
Walter Hope Bryan Earns Naval Aviator Wings
Walter Hope Bryan son of Frank A Bryan of Columbia was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve and designated a Naval Aviator at the Naval Air Training Base Pensacola, Florida, according to a local announcement.
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Walter Hope Bryan
Frank A Bryan
Columbia
Naval Reserve
Ard
Naval Air Training Base
Penscola Fla
Listed as Casualties in Navy Department Release
Casualties released by the Navy Department today listed names from this area including Corporal William Frank Anderson USMCR son of Mr and [illegible]
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Andrew E Anderson
River Falls St
Andalusia
Richard Earl Harris
USMCR
Robert P Hearns
Graceville
Lsved
Navy
Navy Department
Ares
William Frank Anderson
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