War Diary of a Destroyer Escort Crew by Ernie Pyle
Excerpts from Ernie Pyle recount a three day stay aboard two destroyer escorts in the western Pacific. Seaman William Ward describes shipboard life amid storms, cramped bunks, improvised bread, and crew humor as they support convoys and submarine actions.
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Ernie Pyle
William Ward
Offi
A. E. Ward
Green Street
Pyle
Ward
Western Pacific
Pacific Ocean
U-Boats Surrender As Warsaw Fronts Drive East
Allied forces push German middle army group toward surrender while a Bohemian pocket east of Prague shrinks to 1200 square miles. Soviet reports claim peace and orderly prisoner movements as thousands head east to labor camps. U boats begin surrender in Atlantic with U 858 due off Cape May. London says at least 10 arrive in British ports. E boats to be handed over this week.
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ED L. Campbell
Associated Press
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Bohemian
Prague
Russia
New York
Cape May
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Mon- Renken
Philadelphia
Navy
London
England
Churchill
Damage Major Unit But Lose 165 Planes
Allied forces report heavy air battles off Okinawa and northern Ryukyus with 165 Japanese planes destroyed. U S Marines advance on Naha suburb as Yanks seize Tori Island and press Minami Daito bombardment while Mindanao operations continue in the Philippines. Chinese forces gain in Hunan as MacArthur reports advances toward Del Monte airfields on Mindanao.
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Ted Press
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Europe
Oriental Theater of War
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Sixth Marine Division
Naha
Tori Island
Minami Daito
Bukidnon
Mindanao
Philippines
Tarakan
Borneo
Burma
Thailand
China
Hunan
Douglas MacArthur
Big del Monte
Maramag
Davao City
Luzon Island
Ipa
Norway
Stalin Reported Holding Out On Conference Site
London reports say the next big three meeting Truman Churchill Stalin may be in Germany or a Prussian country house near Berlin. The British press notes Stalin rejected London as site while The Times hints Churchill travels may limit long journeys.
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Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Berlin
London Sunday Chronicle
Europe
Sunday Times
Germany
the Times
Commons
Sunday Observer
Russia
Observer
Britain
No Break Says Grew Washington Acting Secretary
Acting Secretary of State Jos Grew reports there will be no break in negotiations as Washington presses ahead on key issues. Officials indicate steady talks continue with allied representatives, aiming to solidify terms before next week’s deadline.
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Grew Washington
Jos
Army Begins Releasing Its Veterans
Two thousand five hundred veterans return to civilian life after years of combat from Kasserine Pass to New Guinea and Normandy. Soldiers who endured the hardest service are leaving the military to start anew.
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Army
Associated Press
Kasserine Pass
New Guinea
Normandy
Atlanta Sgt. Garner Joins Nation’s Point Leaders
Sgt. Ibry Garner of Andalusa Alabama tops the nation with 158 discharge points under the new system. His 5 months of service since Sept 1940 plus 55 points for dependents and overseas combat, star medals, and battle stars total 158. He enlisted July 16 1940 and served in North Africa Sicily Italy and France.
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Ibry Garner
Andalusa
Ala
France
Army
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Veterans to Be Granted Rapid Release From Army Service
The article notes about 1,300,000 soldiers to be released by the army for having completed a full duty to country. It highlights veterans who wore battle stars for bloodiest World War II combats and the significance of long service indicated by short gold sleeve stripes.
Peacetime Draft Deliberations On Postwar Forces
Washington lawmakers pressed peacetime conscription as essential to sustaining a postwar force of 4.5 million. Army officials cited 4.5 million “availables” as a planning figure, with 4 million in reserves and guards and 500 thousand in regulars if needed, while stressing final regular army size depends on world conditions and policy.
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William Fef
Arbogast
Washington
Army
House Military Committee
United States
War Department
Congress
7th War Loan Drive Opens Tomorrow
Washington May 12 The 7th war loan drive will open Monday and run seven weeks to end of June with a $14 billion quota. Individuals fund a $7 billion goal, crucial for inflation battle, while corporations’ share remains important. Treasury officials say war costs won’t drop soon and consumer goods demand high. President Roosevelt urged support in a pre death statement backing the effort.
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Treasury
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Japan
Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Peace-Keeping Powers Vested In Security Council Of Eleven Nations
The United Nations conference advanced a plan to concentrate peace keeping power in an 11 member Security Council and to allow regional blocs to act in emergencies while preserving overall authority. The Dumbarton Oaks framework by China Britain Russia and the United States would seat France permanently with six other nations rotating every two years. The committee’s vote and the delegation’s accord must still be ratified by a conference commission and the full conference. The move reflects enduring support for a broad powers council and regional security mechanisms.
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Douglas B. Cornell
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
World Organization For
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
China
Russia
Britain
United States
Security Council
France
Council
Nation to Unite in Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
President Truman calls for a national day of thanksgiving and prayer concurrent with Mothers Day. He asks Americans to offer thanks for the victory in Europe and to dedicate the day to those who died for victory. Truman and his mother, Martha Truman, arrived from Missouri for the observance.
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Capital
Harry S.truman
Martha Truman
Washington Airport
Missouri
International Soundphoto
Washington
Europe
Truman
United States
Martha E. Truman
War Today shows Japanese air power collapse amid allied air supremacy
Allied air officers predict thousand strong bomber swarms over Japan as Japanese opposition dwindles. Japanese forces offer little defense over home islands and in occupied regions while Chennaults air force disrupts Hunan ground efforts. The article notes massive attacks on Formosa and oil storage, with Japan effectively unable to contest Pacific skies.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press News
Japan
Europe
Okinawa
Hunan
China
14Th Air Force Base
Chihqiang
Chennault
Philippines
Formosa
China Sea
Gibraltar
Pacific
Paoching
French Denied Permission To Send Army To Far East
Admiral Pierre Barjot said Allied chiefs refused France’s requests to deploy troops to the Pacific and Indo China. He noted four French divisions were ready but no authorization arrived, despite a 20 000 man garrison holding out in jungle fronts and requests for medical supplies also denied.
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Belman Morin
Paris
Pierre Barjot
French General Staff
Far East
Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff
Barjot
France
Pacific
Indo-China
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Southeast Asia Command
Gen. Wederheyer
London
Washington
Richelieu
Russian forces rout Nazi ranks in Manila water shed action
London by Romney Wheeler reports a major advance as Russian armies claim to have captured over 700000 enemy troops and 63 Nazi generals during operations in Manila's water shed region, with continued reporting on page Severn A.
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Romney Wheeler
London
Manila
Truman Vows Food For Stricken Europe Asks Share
President Truman said the United States must and can share American food with liberated Europe. In a letter to Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow of Food For Freedom he praised the appeal by civic religious farm and labor leaders and urged UNRRA to receive more relief supplies. He said shared food would offer immediate hope to victims of Nazi and Japanese tyranny as UNRRA funding and purchases faced obstacles.
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Truman
Europe
Dwight W. Morrow
Food For Freedom, Inc
Food For Freedom
Morrow
United Nations
San Francisco
UNRRA
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