Monroe Soldiers Return to Camp Shelby After Pacific War
Mississippi and Louisiana men of the 86th Blackhawk division ride a Pullman train to Camp Shelby for 30 day furloughs. They recall aiding in the capture of Hungary's prime minister, the Ruhr battles, the Rhine crossing, and describe near hits and foxhole prayers as they reflect on WWII campaigns across Europe. The piece notes divisions including the 2nd airborne, 36th, 9th, and 29th, with their key actions from Sicily to Germany.
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Camp Shelby
86TH
Mississippi
Louisiana
Blackhawk
Deep South
Pacific
Europe
Hungary
Walter F. Hahn
New Orleans
Luther Watts
U. S. Lock and Dam No. 3
Monroe
Watts
Ruhr
Russell J. Young
Young
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Rodney J. Guadet
Harold Buchler
Westwego
BM First Infantry
Buchler
Rhine
2Nd Airborne
Sicily
Italy
Cherbourg Peninsula
Nijmegen
Salerno
Death Valley
San Pietro
Rapido
Cassino
36Th
Anzio
Rome
France
Seventh Army
Vosges
Germany
North Africa
St. Lo
Normandy
Belgium
Siegfried Line
Brest
Rommel
Long
Fourth Armored
Yatton
Cherbourg
Patton
Fourth
Eight Divisions Advance in Allied Campaign
Continued from the first page, the forces drove through the Tunisian campaign while taking Palermo and Messina in Sicily. They led the Anzio landings and the Third Army, with the Seventh, invaded southern France on August 15.
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Palermo
Messina
Sicily
Anzio
France
Seventh
Truman outlines lawful order of presidential succession
President Truman argues for a clear chain of succession and a promptly scheduled special election after a president’s death or disqualification. He favors Sam Rayburn as speaker to lead Congress, with the speaker and then the president pro tempore next in line, and suggests cabinet succession if neither qualify. He urges Congress to act early and fix a date for such elections. Magnesium is noted as a historical aside.
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Congress
House
Senate
Berlin
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Truman
Speaccer
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Elliott
Hartford
Roosevelt
U. S. Grant
King Features Syndicate
Eisenhower welcomes overwhelm New York in parade
A 25 car motorcade carried General Eisenhower through Central Park and Fifth Avenue as 1,000,000 spectators cheered in Washington's wake. He waved from the car, saluted, and shook hands along a sunny 35 mile tour ending at city hall. Crowds packed every block while a ticker tape torrent rang over Heroes Canyon.
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Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Eisenhower
Washington
la Guardia Field
Supreme Allied Commander
F. H. Laguardia
la Guardia
Triborough Bridge
Queens
Manhattan
New York
Fasenhower
Pennsylvania Station
City Hall
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Union Square
Roosevelt Scandal Inquiries Prompt Congressional Talks
A column argues government bureaus should mount a full inquiry into a Roosevelt era incident. It questions abuse of power for personal gain, urges calling Elliott Roosevelt and associates Hartford Ewing and Jones, and notes disputed loan details and a withheld story.
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Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Congress
J. P. Morgan
Pecora
Hartford
Mr. Ewing
Jesse Jones
Ewing
Jones
Elliott
William Surovich
New York
Truman wings to San Francisco for charter signing
President Truman flies out with two planes carrying secret service and press as delegates from 50 nations near finalizing a charter in San Francisco. He plans to return to Washington to seek Senate ratification before meeting Stalin and Churchill next month.
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Secret Service
Vaughan
San Francisco
Truman
White House
Washington
Senate
Stalin
Churchill
Independence
Kansas City
Mackinac Island
Mich
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Harry L. Hopkins
Moscow
Joseph C. Grew
Chinese Rider Leads Pursuit After Attack West of Anyuan
Chinese forces attacked west of Anyuan along a key highway as Japanese troops retreated toward Lungnan. Observers note the recapture of Wenchow signals large redeployments, with speculation Japan may pull back to northern lines while defending Shanghai Hangchow and Hongkong Canton areas.
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Anyuan
Canton
Lungnan
Wenchow
Shanghai
China
Amuy
Swatow
Southeast Asia
Manchuria
Yellow River
Hangchow
Hongkong
No Surrender Speech Warns of Atomic War and Invasion
The piece reports a radio address claiming surrender is impossible and promising brutal American landings on Japan. It cites Dr. Kosaku Tamura and attacks unconditional surrender as deadly, predicting invasions on the Japanese homeland within months.
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United States
Truman
Kosaku Tamura
Japan
Germany
Claims Poles on Trial Deny Killing Russian Officers
The article covers testimony in a trial of Maj. Gen. Leopold Okulicki and Polish underground figures. Prosecution says the group violated Red Army orders by keeping weapons and radios and by links to London. Several witnesses describe 30,000 strong underground with fighters in Russian districts and youth recruitment plans.
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Red Army
Warsaw
Tadeusz. Komorowski
Bor
Leopold Bronislaw Okulicki
Komorowski
Wassily V. Ulrich
London
A. Yanson
Yanson
Okulicki
Andrei Kuzminski
Stefan Klevenczhagen
Polish Home Army
Alinea Grolinskaya
Okinawa fighting continues as Buckner dies in battle
Allied forces on Okinawa press southward amid fierce resistance and artillery duels. Major General Buckner falls, with Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger taking temporary command of the Tenth Army as combat units, including the Seventh and Eighth regiments, push toward Mabuni and Kuwanga while Japanese forces flee toward the southern coast.
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Okinawa
Nimitz
Pacific
Buckner
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Clarence Wallace
Arlington
Manitou Springs
Colo
Leroy P. Hunt
Berkeley
Calif
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Hunt
Maine
Tenth Army
Nuguauku
Kuwanga
Muakabe
Medvera
Mabuni
Makabe
Buckner Dies in Okinawa as War Progresses
General Buckner, commander in the Okinawa campaign, is killed in action as Allied forces push toward victory in the Pacific. The article recalls his career, including his West Point tenure and two Philippine deployments, and notes the broader Allied commitment to peacekeeping under a Moscow agreement. An unrelated 1944 report notes U S retailers' 4 percent inventory drop paired with an 8 percent sales rise.
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Buckner
Pacific Ocean
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Japan
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Fort Donelson
U. S. Grant
Kentucky
Simon, Jr
Munfordville
Young Buckner
Virginia Military Institute
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Philippines
Kunishi
Hubbard
Ryukyus
Geiger
Solomons
Marianas
Palau
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz Jr
Adm
Nimitz
Replacement plan aids returning Nisei soldiers in U S 442nd
The 442nd Infantry officers in Italy organize a homeward replacement system for Nisei veterans. Each returning soldier receives contact names of volunteers to help locate housing and work and letters of reference from company, battalion, and regimental commanders. Sagie Nishioka of Hood River is in the system. his family faces relocation and health troubles after his service.
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Lake Garda
Italy
Ofviccrs
U. S
442Nd Infantry
Ialy
France
America
William Wolf
Evanston
Ill
Edward R. Williams
Chicago
California (Cable) Ashiro
Heart Mountain War Relocation Center
Wyoming
Pacific Coast
Sagie Nishioka
Hood River
Ore
Sagie
American Legion
442Nd
Pearl Harbor
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