Week Of Warfare Improves Allied Position In North Africa
The week showed rising Allied confidence as Tunisia yielded signs of decisive action. American forces under new General Patton recaptured Gafsa and moved toward the Gabes coastline while Rommel faced renewed pressure and wary Allied advances in the theater.
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Tunisia
Marechal Rommel
Lient
George 8 Patton, Jr
Gafsa
Gabeg
Henry Honors
Giraud
Youths in Army Training hailed as good soldiers
Major William H. Dodge reports eighteen and nineteen year olds in the 736th Tank Battalion at Camp Rucker, Alabama, are absorbing weapon and machine details rapidly. Over 300 teen soldiers are in the recently activated unit, with Private Calvin H. White and others pictured, praised for discipline and adaptability amid ongoing basic training and wartime expectations.
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William H. Dodge
736Th Tank Battalion
Camp Rucker
Ala
Dodge
Calvin H. White
Caufurnia
Leland McFarren
Ohio
Ray Blake, Jr
West Virginia
A Saucerman
California
Joe C. Ferry
Washington
Anthony Hiaseck
Breakfast Before Invasion in Casablanca Bay
Baltimore dispatch describes a Coast Guard galley on a transport landing Allied troops at Casablanca. Soldiers were served an American breakfast including orange juice oatmeal toast and coffee just before scramble to landing barges. The sketched menu shows daily routine amid wartime staging and transport duties.
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Baltimore
North Africa
Cummings Steward
Emury P Mard
Coast Gear
Ward
Accericap
Casablanca
Jory
Goughboys
Mays Ward
Lasarello
Coast Guard
Diving Aviator Helps Put Out Fire At Verden School
An aviator, identity unknown, dived on a Verden grade school house to help extinguish a blaze amid ongoing war alarms. In Burma, British forces conduct two withdrawals above Akyab but push to regain ground near Donbaik and Doldin. In China, the Yangtze front remains indecisive as Japan readies a major Pacific offensive.
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Rommel
Rome
Montgomery
Elgnth
Rommels Marth
Tripoli
Hommel
Ukraine
Berlin
Moscow
Stoutnsk
Chickasha
Okla
Verden
Burma
Akyab
Donbaik
Fire Sparks Rescue Dramatic Roof Smoke Story
A pilot spotted smoke pouring from a roof and dove to attract attention as flames threatened a building. The scene involved softball players nearby, with heroic measures saving children trapped by the blaze.
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Southwest Pacific
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New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
North Pacific
Japan
Kiska
Akutians
America
Dothan Milling Company
LSCO
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Solomon
Dothan Steam L
E. Powell
W. Main
Jitney
Florida
Chase and
Sanhorn
Uh Life
Red Heart
McCormick
Benguet
ATD Asel
Kemple
Kelolgg
Pimientos
Cleanser
Korn-Eix
Jar
Gal Jug
Ake
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