New York Bomber Pilots End Long Global Trek
Nathan Waisbrot, 27, once of Poland, ends a three year journey fleeing Nazis after leaving 1940 routes through Russia Japan China Hong Kong Singapore Burma India Palestine Africa and Brazil to Canton Ohio where he joins his uncle Joseph Waisbrot.
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America's Growing Air Power Seen In Pilot's Story
Capt Wedding recounts Kiel raids showing American air strength. He describes first raid horrors with 26 planes down and fuel limits, then the improved blitz with Thunderbolts and Long-range Fortresses. He notes better tactics, fighter coordination, and growing confidence as losses shrink and firepower rises.
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Augusta
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Wedding
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Brineergenarte
St. Omer
Antwerp
Mong Ir
Damon Runy on The Brighter Side and Mack Gordon
The piece reviews Mack Gordon a premier modern theater lyricist, detailing his size, charm, and temper, with notes on hits like Time on My Hands and You Hit the Spot. It covers Gordon’s background from Warsaw to Brooklyn, vaudeville roots, and collaborations with Youmans and Monaco.
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Hebrew Aid Society
Ellis Island
New York Tribune
Vincent Youmans
Cookie
Soner
California
Youmans
Harry Revel
Harry Warren
Jimmy Monaco
Congressional Medal Awarded Naval Hero Ensign Parie
Ensign John J. Parie posthumously receives the Congressional Medal of Honor at St. Johns Church on Creighton campus for sacrificing to prevent a detonation aboard a landing boat during the Sicilian invasion. He died a week later from smoke inhalation.
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Harry Vincent Parle
St. John's Catholic Church
Creighton University
John J. Parie
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