New Chieftain to Mystery Man
AP Features profiles Zeitzler a compact, little known German general elevated as chief of staff. Born in Luckau he served in World War I rose through ranks to lead staff of Panzer Army, later general officer. His rise linked to loyalty to Hitler and Himmler, not military results.
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Army
Zeitzler
Ts Stocky
Dread
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Luckau
Ewald von Kleist
Hitler
Caucasus
Mozdok
Himmler
Fuehrer
Junkers
Witler
Pioneers Battle Alaska Highway Build In Harsh Alaska
TOM WOLFE reports the third of six on the Alcan Highway crew hardships. Harlem and Southern colored soldiers and white recruits learn on the fly as they clear forests, face bears, mosquitoes, muskeg, and Arctic cold to carve a road through British Columbia Yukon to Alaska in eight months.
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Wilds
British Columbia
Yukon
Tom Wolfe
NER
Fort ST. John
B. C
Alcan Highway
Yukon Territory
Alaska
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Deep South
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Porticle
Japan
Army finds vitamin A does not aid cadet night vision
Air Force pilots in training at Randolph Field, Texas, show vitamin A has no effect on night vision. Researchers instead test a red single-window goggles design that limits light to use mostly one eye nerve set, enabling reading and cockpit instrument work in darkness.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Randolph Field
Tex
Army Air Force
School of Aviation Medicine
Night Vision Aids For Night Flying In War Time
A wartime article explains night vision training and equipment for pilots. Red goggles prep in light, then full dark improves sight. breathing pure oxygen from takeoff enhances darkness perception. Individual differences affect night seeing, and diet is claimed to boost resilience. a final remark notes a belief among Russian Caucasians that stealing is a religious obligation.
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