Sailor recalls shooting down own planes near Gela
Gordon B. Manley a Memphis sailor wounded in Sicily recounts as a Navy gunner he helped shoot down 23 German transport planes during the Gela action. He says the crew faced heavy air attack and fires from burning ships, but saved many troops and paratroopers in the harbor night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gela
Sicily
Gordon B. Manley
Philadelphia
Eldon Roark
Indeof
Ron
Nes
Columbia Tower
Eldon
Africa
Algiers
Navy
Bulldozers Lead Kwajalein Island Postwar Recovery Drama
After Kwajalein's battle, engineers and bulldozers clear the war wreckage. The landscape shifts from a burning wasteland to an airport, roads, and fresh air as troops remove bodies and debris. The piece highlights the scale of devastation and the sanitation work that follows combat.
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Bulldozers
Pacific
Kwajalein Island
Kwajalein
Auditors Question Morrison Training School Fund Handling
State auditor lists 1220.87 dollars not satisfactorily accounted for by Rev. L L Boyd former Morrison Training School superintendent at Hoffman covering funds through July 1940. Report cites mismatched invoices and reimbursement checks with personal items appearing on some invoices.
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Raleigh
State Auditor's Office
Boyd
Anette Ana Bervelons
Rumanians In Ankara Confirm Occupation
An Ankara report states Rumanians confirm occupation with an official noting only brief information. A strong possibility exists that the Romanian delegation in Turkey or many Romanian officials may refuse to continue functioning due to the occupation. Enrollment in U S high schools in 1944 runs about one million below 1940-41 peak.
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Ankara
A Tion Ae
Turkey
United States
Easter recess set for Congress from March 30 to April 12
Democratic Leader Barkley announced a tentative agreement between the Senate and House for a two week Easter recess from March 30 to April 12. He said both chambers are caught up on legislative business and ready for the holiday as some members have already returned home.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
House
Griffith Praises Third Baseman in Quiet Field Talk
Grif comments on Sudrez as a smooth player and likens him to Os e while shifting focus to other topics. He notes the alphabet clue linking alpha and chi to a and expresses quiet admiration on the field.
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Sailor
U.S
Haynes
Caleb V. Haynes
Mount Airy
N. C
Frank O’d. Hunter
First Air Force
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Assam-Burma-China
China
India
Air’ Command
Europe
Russia
Alan
Training School
Thomasville
Walter Fuller
City Memorial Hospital
Dent
Grove Road
Fuller
Exland
Wood Shetland
Coats
Flarilees
É Griffith
GE Park
Mardark Griffith
Washington National Club
Luis Suarez
Grif
Sudrez
Alpha
Gund
Etons
Dad
Eton
Harllee
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