Leem class gunboat Soemba famed for 102000 miles of war service
The Soemba, a Dutch gunboat nicknamed The Wandering, logged 102000 miles in war zones from Surabaya to Taormina. Crewmates describe daring escapes, Mediterranean bombardments, and patrols against Japanese and German forces, with officers recounting close calls and teamwork aboard during the Pacific and European campaigns.
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Ds Navy
Leem
British
Admiralty
Surabaya
Suez
Port Said
Tripoli
Malta
Bi- Palermo
Gibraltar
Haifa
Singapore
Soemba
Coutumn
Sicily
Houdinis
Holland
G I Joe Look For Dance Talk And Food At Canteen
New York teletypes reveal Jackie Tucker a 19 year old University of Illinois sophomore crowned The Nations Most Popular Hostess visits USO clubs and War Bond rallies. She says soldiers love to dance talk and enjoy light nourishing food and cigarettes. She aims to go overseas as a hostess or entertainer for the troops next summer.
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Jacqueline
Jackie
Tucma
University of Ilinois
USO Club
Champaign
New York
Army
Navy
Marines
Tucker
Cave-In Rock, Ill
Air Corps
Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam
Arpaar
Rebecca Lukens Honored Among Liberty Ship Names
New York March 9 Rebecca Lukens a 19th century Quaker woman who built the Lukens Steel Co. in Coatesville Pa will be honored when the 10 500 ton Liberty ship Rebecca Lukens is launched at Panama City Fla. She is the only woman industrial executive among Liberty ship names and is recognized for pioneering women in industry and her plants wartime production.
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New York
INS
Pennsylvania Iron Works
Rebecca Lukens
Panama City
Fla
Louisa M. Alcott
Julia Wardowe
Amy Lowell
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Rebecca
Sunny
Sunnybrook Farm
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Molly Pitcher
Ocahontas
Betsy Ross
Barbara Fritchie
Annie Oakley
Viria Dare
Virginia
America
RED Cross
Clara Barton
Seven Seas
American Cross
Amelia Earhart
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Phoebe A. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Yangton
California
Laura Keene
Minnie Fiske
Carole Lombard
U. S. Maritime Commission
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
U. S. Navy
Brandywine
Brandywine River
Ies
Philadelphia
Wilmington
England
Navy
Army
Marine Started Dive Bombing With Bomb in Flour Sack
San Francisco based INS reports in Haiti twenty years ago a Marine lieutenant devised dive bombing by attaching a bomb in a flour sack to an aircraft undercarriage and releasing it mid dive. Colonel Lawson H. Sanderson, later Leatherneck air base commander at Santa Barbara, recalls the test and its later refinement by Germans.
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San Francisco
INS
Haiti
Lawson H. Sanderson
Leatherneck
Santa Barbara
Calif
Sanderson
Ernest Udet
Col
St. Louis
Guadalcanal
First
Maine Air Wing
Missoula
Mont
University of Montana
Nicaragua
Servat Guadalcanal
Soemba Narrows War Record Across Far East Route
The Soemba steamed 102000 miles since 1941 entry into war, operating from Sumatra to Colombo. It patrolled the Netherlands Indies, partook in anti submarine duties from Surabaya, and in Sunda Straits. It shot down a Japanese bomber near Singapore at 24000 feet and endured three Japanese bombing runs after Sumatra fell. The ship waited for refugees in South Java before heading to Colombo Ceylon.
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Japan
Sumatra
Singapore
Java
Bombay
Colombo
Far East
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Soemba
Netherlands Indies
Surabaya
Sunda Straits
Netherlands Navy
Ceylon
Marines String Shells as Hobby in Hawaii
Marines stationed in Hawaii collect and string rare sea shells, sending their chains home as gifts for families and sweethearts.
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Hawaii
INS
Tom Cat Foils Hawk in Georgia Yard
In Baldwin near Banks County Prison Camp a large black tom cat woke to a chicken hawk dive. The cat leaped to defend itself, claws flashing, scattering feathers as the hawk dropped its prey and fled. The tabby then resumed its nap.
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Baldwin
INS
Banks County
Tabby
Hawk
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Kands East Indies
Netherlands
Lombok
Lum- Lombok
Australia
Sos
J. F. J. Barnes
Bristol
Hink
Intierenems
Oerlikons
Kan
Taormina
G.I. Joe
PTAA
Alan
Marine
Tom Cat
Chicken Hawk
Eve Tay
Belk-Stevens
Gaberdine
Gage
Lady Bird
Belk-Stevens CO
High Point
Department Store
Ladies
Rayon
Oxfords
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