Night at Guadalcanal Aboard the New Orleans
I stood on the deck of the cruiser New Orleans as a Japanese torpedo struck. The ship limped back to Tulagi while men patched wounded and buried the dead, then a radio broadcast of The Star Spangled Banner lifted morale and reminded us that the fight for liberty extends beyond Guadalcanal.
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New Orleans
Tokyo Express
Guadalcanal
U. S
Tulagi
Sealark Channel
Grumman
Henderson Field
Tenaru
Bloody Ridge
Matanikau
America
Eked
Ben Eien
North Africa
United States of America
Ocasadalcanal
New Guinea
Bougainville
Marshalls
Truk
Saipan
Local Flier Believed To Be Dead
Lt Bernard Grubble, 21, Mount Airy, co-pilot of a four engine bomber, was missing after a raid on Germany. A clipping from an English newspaper by Sgt Evan Wells described the raid and rescue efforts, with Grubble later surviving in a water landing before drifting apart from two crew members.
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Bernard Grubble
Mount Airy
England
John Grubble
Hamburg Street
Grubble
War Department
Germany
Evan P. Wells
Haddon Heights
N. J
Grubbles
Sgt. Wells
New Jersey
Evon
Wells
Switzerland
Aestral Baryef
France
Bond Rallies To Be Held In Surry County Schools
Radio bands Briarhoppers from Charlotte and Johnnie Millers Jamboree from Winston Salem will perform in a series of shows at rural schools in Surry County. Briarhoppers travel to Lowgap Copeland Beulah Dobson North Elkin Pilot Mountain on select dates. Jamboree venues include Franklin Bannertown White Plains Mountain Park Flat Rock Westfield Green Hill Little Richmond Eldora Shoals and Siloam on various June and July dates.
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Surry County
Briarhoppers
WBT
Charlotte
Johnnie Miller
WSJS
Winston
Salem
Copeland
Beulah
Dobson
North Elkin
Pilot Mountain
Jimmie Miller
Franklin
Bannertown
White Plains
Mountain Park
Flat Rock
Westfield
Green Hill
Little Richmond
Eldora
Shoals
Siloam
Surry County War Bond Drive Urges Extra Purchases
In the fifth War Bond Drive, Surry County aims for 1 581 000 dollars to support wartime needs. The report notes heavy destruction in the cross channel invasion and Pacific battles and urges citizens to buy extra bonds to speed victory and reduce casualties.
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Surry County
Service Teams To Play Two Games Here
Plans by W. L. Glancy to stage two baseball games between state service teams for Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, July 6 and 9. Teams undecided. Admission to be the price of one War Bond.
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W. L. Glancy
Greensboro Army Band to Play Here July 4th
Arrangements by the War Bond Committee sponsor the Greensboro Army Band at three in Rockford Street Auditorium on July 4. Admission to the band and camp show is the purchase of a War Bond.
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Greensboro Army Band
Greensboro
Rockford Street
BTC
Battle of the Atlantic War Bonds Drive Urges Navy Support
A wartime notice stresses unity of effort from soldiers, sailors, and the home front. It highlights merchant ships and signals work by youth as crucial to victory, urging continued war bond purchases through the Treasury Department.
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U. S. Treasey
Surry County Bonds Drive Shows Service Members Buy Belongings
Treasury report notes Surry County purchases total 79225.00 in War Bonds through May 15 in the Fifth War Loan Drive. Of this, 19175.00 came from service members in uniform, about a quarter of the county total. Mount Airy merchants set a quota of 300 per member for retail staff, while Farm Agent Neill M Smith mobilizes farm districts to participate.
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Treasury Department
Washington
J. F. Yokley
Surry County
Mount Airy Merchant Association
Neill M. Smith
Surry
Oss Senenn
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Dorado
Georges Schreiber
George FE. Jones
United Press
Little Men's Chowder and Marching Society
Mr. O’malley
Barnay
The
Grandmothers War Bond League
Lt. Grubble
Buon
Rts
Isi Ea
Capitol
Yakley
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