Ernie Pyle Describes Life Aboard a Pacific Carrier
Ernie Pyle recounts his first experiences aboard a U S Navy aircraft carrier in the Western Pacific. He describes the vast fleet gathered for operations near Tokyo and Iwo Jima, the overwhelming scale of ships and men, and his choice of a smaller carrier to better feel life aboard. He notes the ship naming system, the sea voyage to the carrier, and the initial impressions of shipboard life.
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Western Pacific
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Grand Central Station
Supers Damage Osaka as Firestorms Sweep Japan
Three hundred B 29 Superfortresses struck Osaka Nagoya Tokyo in a five day raid campaign. Fires merged into a solid sheet of flame as 6 000 tons of incendiaries rained over major industrial targets. Five days of attacks expanded to 24 square miles with emergency landings on Iwo Jima.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Osaka
Japan
Manhattan Island
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osake
Toyko
Dayton
Ohio
Jersey City
N. J
Albany
N. Y
Syracuse
N.Y
Thomas S. Power
Iwo Jima
Extra Gasoline for Victory Gardens Returns
The OPA announced renewed gasoline allotments for victory garden travel. Eligible applicants may drive up to 300 miles in six months if no other transport exists, but plots must lie within 15 miles of home or work. Requires 1500 square feet of vegetables and evidence of labor needs or ride sharing limits.
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Washington
Victory Gardens
OPA
Yank Gunners Sharpen Eyes On Kingcobra
In Dayton Ohio March 14 the Bell P-63 Kingcobra new fighter plane is used as a flying target for gunnery trainees. Lead and plastic bullets shatter into powder on armor and hits are recorded by lights in the cockpit and propeller hub. The RP-63 is armored and designed to simulate combat without anti aircraft fire.
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Dayton
Army
America
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Officer Cuts Wires To Save Vital Bridge
In a Paris dispatch dated March 14, Sgt. Alexander A. Drabik, first Allied Rhine crossing hero, describes a perilous bridge assault. He credits an unnamed engineer with saving the bridge while Drabik’s squad charged under fire and silenced German nests along a 250 yard span.
Daring Takes Yanks Across Famous Rhine
American engineers blamed a faulty fuse cap for the German failure to blow the Remagen bridge. Sgt. Alexander Drabik of Holland Ohio led the Ludendorff Bridge assault on March 7 securing the first bridgehead as Hodges First Army crossed the Rhine. The crossing did not end the war but moved it closer to the Allied victory.
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Supreme Heparters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Alexander A. Drabik
Rhine
Remagen
Holland
Ohio
Drabik
Europe
Arto
Alexander Drabik
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Soviets Break Through Main German Lines
Reuters dispatch from Moscow reports Soviet forces broke through a main German line west of the Oder near Kuestrin on an 18 mile front and threatened Frankfurt. Berlin preparations and leadership reshuffles set by Guderian Schoerner Rundstedt and Model are noted as the battle intensifies across East Prussia and Berlin front.
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Berlin
Kuestrin
Oder River
Frankfurt
Stettin
Moscow
Tondon
Oder
Reuters
Reich
East Prussia
Lebus Bund
Art
Gregory Zhukov
Guben
Forst
Neisse River
Ivan Konev
Berin
Brattin
Frankfort Guben
Bridegheads
Transocean
Germany
Bruno von Hauenschild
Stockholm
Heinz Guderian
Schoerner
von Rundstedt
Walther von Model
Vonce
Remagen
Gdynia
Poland
The
Mandalay Cleared Of Jap Troops By Indian Division
Mandalay rapid clearance of Japanese forces as infantry artillery and tanks of the Indian 19th division advance through the southern city. Tanks and guns blow up nests in business and residential areas 800 feet below a vantage point. Smoke drifts near the fort as Japanese HQ resists. Attacking troops advance along both walls with little counterattack.
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Pagoda Hill
Mandalay
Paralleled lessons from Nazi warfare shape postwar security talk
The piece notes that Hitler’s aggression yields clues for peace talks at the San Francisco security conference. It warns of a potential "secret weapon" enabling a weak aggressor to strike, citing Howard Blakeslee on shifting wartime tech like aircraft, radio, flying bombs, and rocket bombs being repurposed for war.
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Hitler
San Francisco
Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
Honnes Taken To Strengthen Bridgehead In Saar Front
With U S Seventh Army the 70th Infantry Division advanced about four miles into Germany along the Saar river just west of Saarbrucken. The gains extended more than a mile into the Saar district as of March 14.
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70Th Infantry
7Th Army
Germany
Saar River
Saarbruecken
Saar District
Saarb
Seventh Army
Saarsbruecken
Saar
Paris
Pi—First Army
Honenef
Rhine
St. Cathart
Linzau
Ruhr-Frankfurt
Kretzenhaus
Kalenborn
Third Army
Moselle
Saarburg
American bombers destroy 45 German planes near Limburg
American fighter bombers destroyed 45 German planes lined up at an Limburg area airfield and damaged 20 more. Losses for the U S were two Thunderbolts in a midair collision. Seventh Army reports advances near Saarbrucken and Rhine bridgehead as First and Third Armies press across the Moselle and Saar districts.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Limburg
First Army
Rhine
Road to Berlin War Front Distances Reported
The Associated Press lists current fronts with distances: ERN FRONT 32 miles from Zellin WESTERN FRONT 270 miles from Remagen bridgehead ITALIAN FRONT 544 miles from Reno river. The figures show advancing Allied zones across Europe.
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Berlin
Associated Press
ERN Front
Zellin
Remagen
Reno River
Secret Weapons and Eternal Vigilance in Wartime Debate
A fragment discusses the reliance on constant vigilance against secret weapons during peace efforts. It suggests these innovations may already be known but require ongoing scrutiny and preparedness. The tone emphasizes caution and enduring readiness in defense strategy.
Hutton Seeks Peace Roles for War Veterans
Raleigh March 14 A resolution by Rep Hutton Guilford asks President Roosevelt to place armed forces veterans with battlefront experience on peace commissions to aid drafting peace terms and establish a permanent peace The measure moves to the calendar committee which will meet multiple times today
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Raleigh
Roosevelt
Rep
Hutton
Guilord
Malta Session Before Yalta Conference Observed By Roosevelt and Churchill
The 1945 account notes President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill meeting at Quebec and planning Yalta after Malta talks. FDR led the Malta stop Feb 2 with Anna Boettiger aboard and his 68th birthday on ship. Churchill pressed hard for a strong French role and a Berlin occupation zone. Stalin advised firmly, Roosevelt guided sessions at Livadia Palace with about 20 aides and interpreters.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Yalta
Marshal Stalin
Russia
Mediterranean
Anna
John Boettiger
Malta
Stalin
Mr. Roosevelt
Livadia Palace
Ing
France
Germany
Allied Control Commission
Berlin
Britain
Allied Planes Blast Targets In Germany
Allied air forces struck Germany for the 30th straight day in mass raids on railways oil refineries armament plants and submarine pens. RAF Mosquito and heavy bombers hit Berlin Bremen and Frankfurt while U S Eighth Air Force backed by fighters escorted bombers toward Remagen and other targets.
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London
Germany
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Remagen
Italy
Reich
RAF
Benzal
Gelsenkirchen
Herne
Ruhr
Berlin
Bremen
Frankfurt
Roosevelt to Speak for the Red Cross
President Roosevelt will broadcast to the nation next Tuesday night to urge support for the American Red Cross campaign seeking 200000 dollars. The White House says he will speak about three minutes on a national program between 9 and 9 05 p m Eastern War Time, introduced by Basil O’Connor, Red Cross chairman.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
White House
Basil O'Connor
Red Cross
Berlin Prepares Defenses Ahead of Russian Reach
German broadcasts describe Berlin as tense yet ready for street by street battle to defend the capital. Lt Gen Hauenschild, a veteran of Moscow and Stalingrad, leads fortress plans using mass lessons on anti tank arms and ground fighting.
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London
Berlin
Hauenschild
Moscow
Stalingrad
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