Germans Bomb, Shell Gaeta As Allies Press Forward In Italy
Allied forces continued the offensive along the Tyrrhenian front as long range guns pounded Gaeta while ground troops moved from Formia toward Monte D Oro and Liri valley. American and French units hit targets along the Stri Pico road and reported capturing Formia with heavy enemy resistance and booby traps throughout the town.
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Balkans
Ploesti
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Nis
Romania
Turnu- Severin
Tyrrhenian
Stri-Pico Road
Monte D'Oro
Esperia
Monte Santa Maria
Pontecorvo
Liri River
Formian Tyrrhenian
Formia
Gaeta
Heavy German Fire Fails to Stop Yanks at Formia
Allied forces hold Formia after intense German bombardment on May 19. U S troops maintain positions, repelling assaults and continuing coastal operations in the area. Casualty details remain unconfirmed as combat continues around the Italian front.
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Formia
Italy
Wings Over Jordan entertains large crowd in William Penn
The Wings Over Jordan Negro choir sang popular spirituals and semi classics to a mixed audience in William Penn auditorium. The Brooks Memorial Brotherhood hosted a post concert reception at the school with sponsor and public participation.
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Jordan
William Penn Auditorium
20 Voices
Brooks Memorial Brotherhood
RED Sox
High Point Red Sox
Winston-Salem Pond Giants
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Rose
Thomas
Gibson
Byrd
Holly
Terrence
Finch Field
Thomasville Road
BTC 10
Greensboro
Airview School News
Front News Bulletin Reports Skirmishes Across Eastern Front
A wartime bulletin notes fighting southeast of Vitebsk and in an unnamed sector where Red Army troops beat off several assaults and wiped out two companies. It says no major front changes occurred, while Moscow hints at Carpathian operations and Berlin cites a brewing Soviet attack on the lower Dnestr. A German commentator claims renewed Red Army pressure near the compressed bridgehead west of Butor.
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Vitebsk
Red Army
Moscow
Berlin
Dnestr
DNB
Butor
Allied Air Commands Hit Japanese Positions North of Bhamo
American air commando planes supporting the Chindit operations bombed Japanese positions 46 miles north of Bhamo. The strikes used 500 pound bombs and fragmentation bombs to flatten the targets.
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Itkgina
Mandalay
Chindit
Bhamo
Weather outlook for North Carolina today and weekend
Partly cloudy today with fair to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Scattered thundershowers expected in the south and west this afternoon and evening and in the mountains Saturday.
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North Carolina
Allied landings secure Wakde airfield in Dutch New Guinea
Allied forces landed eight miles along the Wakde coast and captured the southern Wakde Island unopposed. The communique said the airfield's possession will give adequate air coverage over Dutch New Guinea and presage reconquest of the province. German counterattacks were reported near Grigoriopol with heavy fighting underway west of Grigoriopol.
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Insoemanai Island
Wakde
Dutch New Guinea
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