Ticonderoga Battles Back After Kamikaze Damage
The aircraft carrier Ticonderoga suffered 337 casualties and heavy damage from two Japanese suicide planes near Formosa on January 21. Despite fires and injuries including Commodore Dixie Kiefer, the ship was brought to Bremerton for repairs and returned to action.
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Ticonderoga
Formosa
Navy
Bremerton, Wash
Navy Yard
Indo China
South China
Hong Kong
Luzon
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South China Sea
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Dixie Kiefer
Kansas City
Burch
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Kiefer
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U.S.S. Ticonderoga
Philippines
U. S. West Coast
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Randleman Marine Leads After Officers Wounded at Sugar Loaf Hill
Marine Sgt. Arthur V. Davis of Randleman North Carolina took command twice after officers were wounded during the Okinawa fighting near Sugar Loaf Hill. Davis led 40 remaining men, helped kill 40 enemy fighters and destroy an anti tank gun. He later attended platoon commanders school back in the States.
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Okinawa
Arthur V. Davis
Randleman
N. C
Davis
States
North Carolina
Sugar Loaf Hill
Meny
Sugar Loaf
Aids
Guam
Marsha
William Davis
Marine Pilot Downs 3 Japs In Two Hours
Marine First Lt. Robert E. Wellwood of Sheridan Wyoming shot down three Japanese Betty bombers in a two hour night fighter mission near Okinawa setting a Marine Corps record. Lt. Co. Marion Magruder calls it a remarkable feat as Wellwood endured intense aerial combat and a damaged plane before returning to base.
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Claude R. Camp
Marine Corps Combat Cor
Ins
Okinawa
Robert E. Wellwood
Sheridan
Wyo
Marine Corps
Marion Magruder
Lexington
Wyoming
Pacific
Yontan
Wellwood
Bob
James E. Smarr
Columbus
Jim
Wolfhound Lena Aids War Bond Drive in Ambler
Lena the American-Welsh wolfhound credited with war bond sales totaling 25 000 dollars from appearances. The dog gained nation wide publicity after bearing 23 puppies and helped boost fundraising efforts in Ambler Pennsylvania.
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Ambler
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Lena
Yanks Race To Save Tank In Jungle Belts Of Mindanao
Private Albert H. Parent of Niagara Falls New York describes a brutal push with the 24th Division on Mindanao. He helped drag wounded officers and riflemen behind a Sherman as Japanese machinegun fire hunted them, noting comrades fell and equipment lay scattered.
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Richard Bergholz
Mindanao
Philippines
Albert H. Parent
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Parent
Seventh Street
Davao
Light civilian planes due before Labor Day
Light planes for civilian use will be in production shortly before Labor Day without interfering with military orders. Aeronca Aircraft Corp of Middletown Ohio announces immediate production of two models carrying two persons each. The firm has answered over 65 000 inquiries about small airport operation and personal planes for servicemen seeking airport businesses.
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Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Middletown
Ohio
Soldiers recall brutal frontline horror and pride
A veteran recounts loading rifles and ammunition belts stained with blood, describing a nightmare scene. He recalls passing out after witnessing fallen comrades and notes only about ten men remained in his platoon while the company moved on, praising the courage of the troops.
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Norfolk
Reine
Deilex
Randleman Marine
Lipton’s Tea
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Gerbers
Lifebuoy
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Lemons
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West End
Otiles
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Walgreen's
Walgreen
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Lifebudy
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Woodbury
Home Guard
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Arsene
Soeep
Walgreens
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Steve
Alka Seltzer
Bayer Aspirin
Willard
Tank
Zemo
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