Coondog Hunt Aids Fort Benning Wounded Veterans Recovery
Doctors at Fort Benning ASF regional hospital use weekly coon hunts to recondition wounded soldiers. The activity improves joint mobility, builds morale, and accelerates recovery more than routine exercises, with stories from hunts boosting group motivation.
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Fort Benning
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Exig
ASF
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Col
Chauncey E. Dovell
Col. Dovell
Benning
Crops Grow Year Around On Okinawa
Marine correspondent paints Okinawa farms as compact, terraced plots with diverse soils and crops all year. Farmers keep many animals, face sanitation issues, and live simply on wooden homes with clay ovens, straw roofs, and tea, sake, and opium in storage. The piece notes the island’s surprising civility among Pacific war terrain.
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Okinawa
Georgia
Wisconsin
States
French Failed Nazi Plot To Destroy Paris
Chicago based James W. Walsh recounts a German plan to mine Paris that failed due to a miscalculation. A French gun captain says thousands of mines were planted in sewers but the Germans used French laborers, leading to the underground reporting of all mines and Paris being spared.
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Paris
Chicago
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James W. Walsh
French Press and Information Service
Walsh
Verdun
Vichy
Francis Martel
Interior
Causes and Cure For Bleeding Gums
Article discusses scurvy as a vitamin C deficiency causing gum bleeding with other symptoms. It notes gum inflammation may signal C deficiency but not always, cites an Air Force study with mixed results, and emphasizes dental evaluation to identify causes and appropriate treatment.
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Luxury Liner Reborn as Front-Line Hospital Ship
A former luxury liner serving between New Orleans and Brazil now operates off Okinawa as a front-line hospital ship and attack transport. It carries eight doctors and six operating tables, converting its main deck from a dance lounge to a hospital receiving area while lowering battle gear and rescuing wounded to forward bases.
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John RK. Henry
International News Service
Okinawa
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New Orleans
Brazil
Regal
Navy
Guadalcanal
Coast Guard ship plans fresh eggs at sea
Two Coast Guard officers aboard a manged freight vessel in South Sea waters plan to raise a dozen 3 day old chicks under the bridge to provide strictly fresh eggs and killed to order chicken. Lt jg Robert Essex and Thomas Avant of Miami lead the project as they battle cold storage and shipboard conditions.
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South Sea
Robert Essex
A Thomas Avant
Miami
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