Fighting Ninth Division Gets Good Look At Country Towns
The Fighting Ninth Infantry, after serving in six countries across two continents, expresses frustration at lack of large towns to relax in. Capt Lindsey Nelson of Columbia Tenn notes their unit’s history as a through back alleys of Europe with the Ninth Division. In Belgium's Verviers, liaison officers got lost, underscoring their unfamiliarity with mid sized towns.
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Ninth Infantry Division
Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
England
France
Belgium
Lindsey Nelson
Columbia
Tenn
Europe
Nelson
Verviers
Soldiers recall long trek through ruins from Africa to Paris
A veteran recalls marching through Africa ending in Bizerte and Sicily, then England, France, and a distant Paris area. He describes wrecked towns, fleas in Sidi Bel Abbes, sunstroke, sparse amenities, and a halt near a tiny market town 30 kilometers south of Paris.
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Africa
Bizerte
Oran
Kilomet Bel Abbes
Sahara Desert
Sidi Bel Abbes
Sicily
Messina
Randazzo
Tke Bizerte
England
France
Paris
St. Lo-Perriers
Gay Paree
Chisteney
Roosevelt to Speak to Americas on Columbus Day
President Roosevelt will deliver a brief address to the other American republics on Columbus Day October 12. The message is to be broadcast at 4 p.m. Eastern War Time and is expected to last about ten minutes. The article notes a geological aside about Mt Everest and Mindanao Deep.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wachovia
America
US Army institute to offer civilian courses for troops in Europe
The War Department plans civilian education for troops in Europe after Germany’s defeat. Programs cover sixth grade to second year college, with technical trades and foreign language options. Qualified servicemen will teach, including former journalists to instruct journalism classes.
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Earmy
United States Arm Forces Institute
USAFI
Madison
Wis
Washington
Germany
Japan
Europe
War Department
Mes
U. S
Football In Australia Resembles 22 Man War
Los Angeles dispatch reports Brisbane viewers saw American football for the first time. The game drew a 16 000 crowd and a reception likened to a 22 man war with music, vaudeville, and sawdust on the field. Army services teams provided the spectacle in Queensland.
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Australia
Los Angeles
Brisbane
Land
Ernest H. King
Army Services
U.S.A
Queensland
War Brings New Problems to Family Service Bureau
With thousands of men in military service gone, many families face strain. The Family Service Bureau provides counseling to preserve family unity, sometimes coordinating with welfare aid and arranging medical care, maternity housing, nursing help, and tutoring for children.
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Family Service Bureau
Public Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Army Contract For Burlington Firm
Army contracts totaling 193 630 have been awarded to construction firms in five Southeastern states per the fourth service command. R F Patrick and Sons of Burlington received additional storage space at Fort North Carolina and Stark General Hospital in Charleston for 11 770 dollars. One third of municipal fires in the United States are put out with hand extinguishers.
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Fourth Service Command
North Carolina
R. F.patrick and Sons
Burlington
Cone
Fort
South Conttion
Iihdkane and Ruddock
Charleston
Stark General Hospital
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