Collector Of Shells Aided Okinawa Invasion Plot Revealed
A 62 year old malacologist from Cooperstown North Dakota, known for seashell collecting, aided invasion planners by sharing terrain and flora details of Okinawa. He avoided naming himself, stating he would not seek publicity, while describing decades spent studying mollusks across the Pacific and teaching English at a Japanese university.
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Okinawa
Pacific
Cooperstown
Griggs County
N. D
Hawaii
Diseased And Insane Turned Loose By Japs
Okinawa dispatch reports that after Japanese retreat thousands of insane and leprous detainees were released from hospitals. Maj. Charles G. Sweet of the American military government said more than 1,400 insane people were freed, with many others possibly lepers, as patrols work to recapture them amid language barriers.
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Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Charles G. Sweet
Sweet
Washington
Ben Price
Birmingham
Ala
Hunsucker Fifth Air Force flyer praised for WWII action
Pvt. George M. Hunsucker Jr. of High Point N C arrived with Crabb s Fifth bomber command in the Philippines Oct 22 and earned a Crabb citation for conspicuous devotion under fire. Cpl. Albert W Steele of High Point now at Oliver General Hospital Augusta Ga recently returned from overseas with the air corps.
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Fifth Air Force
Philippine Islands
George M. Hunsucker, Jr
Franklin St
High Point
J. W. Crabb
Fifth Bomber Command
Philippines
G. M. Hunsucker
Pvt. Hunsucker
Bomber Command
Crabb
Cpl. Steele
Augusta
Albert W. Steele
N. C
Army
Oliver General Hospital
Cpl
Steele
Air Corps
Moscow Agog Over Possible Juncture
Moscow hears of American troops reaching 57 miles from Berlin and 115 miles from Soviet lines along the Oder as speculation grows about a possible meeting with Western allies in Germany. Soviet press stays silent while frontline reports say Breslau may fall, freeing forces for a westward drive.
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Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Oder
Niesse
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Senceta
Breslau
Silesian
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Okinawa Island
By Robbin Coons
America
Meat Packing
U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps
Japan
Natural History Societies
Naha
Geo. M. Hunsucker, JR
Johnson
Mead's
Pablum
South Main ST
Larvex
Adlerika
Petrolagar
Molle
Serutan
Aah
Kolorbak
Jae
Hepatica
Yardley
Rex
Pond's
ANT
England
Camomile
BEA
Elmo
Elmo Margo
Magnesia
Oia
Us 8 Army
New “Brl
Council On Foods and Nutrition of
The
American Medical Association
American Meat Institute
Chicago
U. S
William Bendix
of Riley
Blue Network
Rene A. Gagnon
Manchester
N. H
Joe Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
Gagnon
Navy
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