Invasion Ship Diary From D-Day Plus Twenty One
CPL Victor M Wingate recounts the D-Day landing voyage from Southern England to Normandy aboard a 6,500 ton ship. Allied naval and air superiority, a German submarine threat, and a British crewed vessel shaped the crossing. He notes landing craft, pillboxes, sunken ships forming a breakwater, and the morale boosting sight of American troops as they stormed ashore.
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Victor M. Wingate
France
England
Normandy
Hitler
Cpl
Wingate
English Channel
Los Angeles
D-Day
Norsmady
Harlem
Landing at Gaul shores and games echo in praise
The narrator recalls landing craft lurching at 2 10 p m and reaching the French shore within minutes. Two hours later he swings at the beach, the crack of the bat drowning out thoughts of Napoleon and Joan of Arc as he cheers for America and the St Louis Cardinals.
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Napoleon
Joan of Arc
Lafayette
Amerique
St. Lows Cardinals
582 More Japs Killed In New Guinea Battle
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports 582 additional Japanese dead in the Aitape battle, lifting total known Japanese fatalities to over 1,300. Nipponese attempts shift to the Drimumor River flank as Allied lines repulse three frontal assaults since the campaign began July 17.
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New Guinea
Aitape
British New Guinea
Drimumor River
Court News and License Data from Martinsburg and Frederick
Court notices list marriage licenses for Clement Gardiner HY 24 Thurmont and Harrell Orth 22 Frederick. Raymond Smuts 21 Swoope Virginia and Mary Myers 21 Staunton Virginia. William Johnston 18 Beaver Falls Pennsylvania and Beatrice Carrier 18 Eastville Pennsylvania. Property transfer shows Raymond Putman and wife to Franklin Long and wife for $10. Lancaster butchers case involved Judge Ganey delaying price violation payments and seeking indictments. fire destroys Dr G Kearfet Sr home on Charles Town Road near Martinsburg with all contents.
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Clement E Gardiner, HY
Thurmont
Harrell Ann Orth
Frederick
Raymond Smuts
Swoope
J and
Mary V Myers
Staunton
William Clark Johnston
Beaver Falls
Beatrice Faerier
Eastville
Raymond C Putman
Franklin M. Long
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Lancaster County
J Cullen Ganey
US Attorney's Office
Martinsburg
W. Va
G. Kearfet
Charles Town Road
Army Nurse Moberly Assigned to Camp Lee Regional Hospital
Lt Moberly of the Army Nurse Corps is assigned to Regional Hospital Camp Lee. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Cornelius Moberly Sr of 247 Washington Street. A graduate of the Church Home and Hospital Baltimore she previously served on the Frederick City Hospital staff.
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Moberly
Army Nurse Corps
Camp Lee
Cornelius Moberly
Washington Street
Church Home and Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick City Hospital
Drove After License Revoked: Is Sentenced
George Dewey Nelson faced charges for driving after license revocation and leaving the scene of an accident. He was convicted in Brunswick before Justice Howard Marvin Jones, with Corporal Elwood O'Hara prosecuting, and fined 150 dollars or 90 days in jail. Unable to pay, he began serving the jail term after a collision near West South Street with Howard Hartman. The incident stemmed from a collision between two autos on Washington County roads.
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George Dewey Nelson
Sandy Hoek
Nelson
Howard Marvin Jones
Brunswick
Elwood O'Hara
Howard H. Hartman
West South Street
Washington County
Mexican bananas to reach U S ports on new chartered ships
Mexican bananas may be more plentiful in the United States as two American vessels each carrying 2,000 tons are chartered to sail to Mexican ports and load bananas for Brownsville Texas and general cargo southward, boosting supply and trade links between Mexico and the United States.
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United States
Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
Nazis In Italy Flee North as Allied Forces Advance
American troops reach the south bank of the Arno on a 25 mile front and capture Colle Salvetti seven miles northeast of Livorno as they press the retreating Germans toward their Gothic line defenses. Polish and Italian units advance from Ancona, severing routes along the coast and establishing a bridgehead over the Esino river while reporting enemy losses and equipment left behind.
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Rome
Arno
Colle Salvetti
Livorno
Pisa
United States
Ancona
Torrette A Mare
Imlan
Adriatic
Esino
Charavalle
Eitemen To Name Officers At Frederick County Meeting
Maryland Volunteer Firemen's Association state officers will attend the annual Frederick County meeting at Untrea firehouse at 8 o clock. Delegates from thirteen companies and county officers plan to be present for routine business and officer elections. No parade. guests include Jo W Just of the Fire Extension Service and Simon Clopper. Incumbents listed: Spitzer, Mackley, Gladhill, Beard, Smith, Weybright, Wachtel. A library fund gift to the SS Frederick is also on the agenda.
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Maryland
Jo W. Just
Fire Extension Service
University of Maryland
Simon Clopper
Smithsburg
State Association
Phil Ryan
Rainier
Frederick
Ray C. Gladhill
Middletown
Philip H Beard
Walkersville
Rob
Ert L. Smith
D. Saylor Weybright
Thurmont
William S. Wachtel
Myersville
Muffin Contest and Canning Demo Recap
The women discussed contests to enter and learned muffin judging. Each member will bring three muffins to the next meeting. Elizabeth Derr reported on a canning demonstration of red beets and carrots. Dorothy Smith and Betty Thomas were named to the program committee. Next meeting is August 9 at the community hall.
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Tle
Helen Harwood
Mary Ann Krantz
Betty Thomas
Dorothy Smith
Miss Howard
Elizabeth Derr
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Atlantic City
James
McGovern
Mgr
Mes
Court News
American Institute of Laundering
Neui Ma Nay Eace
Pert Cloue
Gretna
Remsberg
Keepial Jooile
Elaine Moterty
Italy
Eitemen
Roy B White
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Ballenger
Mary Grace
Brendel’s Manor Park
Frankie Richardson
Cap’t. Spillar
Three Gods of Harmony
Harmonieca Wizards
Lew Myers
Smokey & Henry
Aces of
Black Face
Cap’t. Musket
Rock of Ages
Conult
A. A. Lough
South Market St
Rosenour
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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