WAC Private Janet Hall and Everett Hall Reunite
A Christmas reunion story follows WAC private Janet Hall and her sergeant husband Everett C. Hall after a long overseas separation. Janet, born in the Belgian Congo, met and married in Pembroke before joining the army. They later shared a Thanksgiving meal with 130 WACs before resuming duties.
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Everett C. Hall
Janet
Belgian Congo
FE. A. Johnston
Eloa Malioa
Congo
Penine
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Pembroke
Hall
WACS
North Africa
Sicily
Seventh Army
Algiers
12Th Airforce Service Command
Everett
Sgt. Hall
Allied air raid hits Italy targets near Rome and Spoleto
Four enemy aircraft were destroyed and seven were missing as Liberators struck inland targets around Rome at Orta and Civitavecchia above the capital. Fortresses bombed San Stefano harbor, rail lines, and a tanker fire while attacking JU-88 bases at Tatoi. One fortress was lost during the Eleusis raid amid a volley of bombs and explosions.
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Civitavecchia
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Tatoi
San Stefano
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Montalto di Castro
RAF regiment pilots use cab rank system on front lines
Forces deploy a new close support system allowing Allied fighter bombers to strike pinpoint targets within four minutes after army request. Eighth Army units and RAF regiments link with armored cars at the front to guide aircraft to enemy positions a few hundred yards ahead of troops. The cab rank method, with smoke signals and circling bombers, accelerates reconnaissance and attack data gathering for frontline operations.
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Eighth Army
Allied commands plan instant info exchange to time Pacific strikes
Reports from Cairo disclose that British and American staff officers agreed on immediate information interchange between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to better time operations against Japan. The note also mentions tariff disputes among states and adoption of the Constitution.
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Cairo
Douglas MacArthur
Louis Mountbatten
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