Allies Seal Ruhr Valley War Production Hub As Nazi Hold Falters
Allied forces push toward Berlin as the Ruhr production center is sealed off and 14 000 German prisoners surrender in a Patton drive eastward. Frankfurt Mannheim and Essen fall. Eisenhower and Clay coordinate postwar control while Arnold vows full air power against Japan after Germany falls.
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Ruhr Valley
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Reich
Germany
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U. S
Berlin
Patton
3Rd
Eisenhower
Frankfurt - On - the - Main
German Reich
Mannheim
Patch
Essen
Europe
Chuschit
Great Britain
Hungary
Vienna
Marshail Rokossovsky
Danzig
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Forces
Byrnes
White House
George Marshall
Army
Clay
Gen. H. H
Arnold
America
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
Pacific
King
Demobilization and San Francisco Conference Reflections
In Washington I discuss demobilization plans and the looming San Francisco conference on world cooperation. Officials note limited troop releases while all services support Pacific operations and base building.
Italian Prisoners Aid U.S. War Effort With One Million Man-Days
Italian service units in the United States contribute about one million man-days per month of skilled and unskilled labor at military installations. Totaling roughly 35,000 men, they wear Class B clothing with "Italy" patches and are paid 24 dollars monthly, reflecting standard wage scales for prisoners of war.
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War Department
Ice
Italy
Barbs by Bankhage reminiscence on spring and history
The column muses on Washington cherry blossoms beating spring by a small margin, notes quirky mentions of long horn cattle in a zoo and Texas offices, and recalls military service with a light touch on Vice President Truman and the author as ex artillery officers. It weaves nostalgia with playful references.
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Vandenberg
San Francisco
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Russia
Churchill
Stalin
Catholic Church
Communist Party
Washington
Washington Zoo
Houston
Texas Congressmen’s
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Caroline Houston
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Tbuy
Recordition
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la Grange
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Florian Levy
Lake Charles
R. M. R. Dehaan
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