Rainbow Division Reawakening Tour of War Glory
Veterans of the 42nd Rainbow Division reunite in Tulsa and visit Camp Gruber to reactivate the famed unit. They relay messages to MacArthur Eisenhower and Gouraud, recount Meuse-Argonne battles and the division's storied insignia, while recalling the Champagne hour and the long road from trenches to demobilization.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Western
Union
Tulsa
Oklo
Camp Gruber
Muskogee
Rainbow
Compeigne Forest
Rainbow Division
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Reunion
Henri Joseph Eugene Gouraud
Champagne
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gouraud
France
War Department
Washington
District of Columbia
MacArthur
Camp Mills
Long Island
New York
Meuse- Argonne
William N. Hughes Jr
Charles T. Menoher
Baccarat
42Nd
AEF
Sergt
Herbert E. Smith
United States
Lorraine
Luneville
Celles-sur-Plaine
Neuviller
Ancerviller
Sergy
Fere-en-Tardenois
Cierges
167Th
Rue de la Taverne
Oureq
Villers
Mercury Farm
St. Mihiel
Thiaucourt
Nonsard
Pannes
Meuse-Argonne
Kriem
Artaise-le- Vivier
Les Petites-Armoises
Metz
Mangin
Meuse
Sedan
Ahrweiler
Rhineland
Brest
117Th Trench Mortar
Upton
Dix
Grant
Dodge
German Italian Antagonism Affects Axis Unity In Sicily War
Washington notes rising German Italian tensions as Sicily invasion shifts focus from tanks to air power. Commentary underscores limited tank demand, surge in Allied air advantage, and German air strength draining reserves across Europe. Pacific strategy warned to tighten with tougher resistance ahead.
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Sicily
Germany
Italy
United States
Rome
U. S
Richard G. Massack
Associated Press
Biblioteca
Pacific
Wartime Production and Logistics Update
The report notes extra equippage for soldiers and reserves, with three extra gphoes and two more in manufacture. Monthly small arms production nears 15 percent of a billion rounds, seven times the 1918 peak. Hirohito congratulates Petain on Bastille Day as rail freight travel distances rise about 16 percent during wartime.
Forty Second Division Added Many Names in War Saga
Alongside Gen. Douglas MacArthur the Rainbow division featured future notables such as Col. William J. Donovan, Brig. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, Father James P. Duffy, chaplain of New York's Fighting Irish, and Sergt. Joyce Kilmer whose fame extended beyond battlefield exploits.
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Douglas MacArthur
Rainbow Division
William J
Wild Bill
Donovan
Charles P. Summerall
James P. Duffy
New York
165Th Infantry
Joyce Kilmer
Peacetime Memoir Lists 42nd Division Units
The text catalogs 42nd Division components including 83rd Infantry Brigade 165th Infantry 166th Infantry 150th Machine Gun Battalion 84th Infantry Brigade 67th Infantry 168th Infantry 151st Machine Gun Battalion 67th Field Artillery Brigade 149th Field Artillery 150th Field Artillery.
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83Rd Infantry
149Th Field Artillery
Roll of Heroes units listed for 117th Division and trains
The roll lists units in the 117th Division including 155th and 151st field artillery, 117th trench mortar battery, 149th machine gun battalion, 117th engineers, 117th field signal battalion. Trains include train HQ and military police, ammunition, supply, engineer, and sanitary trains with ambulance companies and field hospitals.
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151St Field Artillery
117Th Engineers
Undefined distant service station shingle quotes wry warning
A desolate western desert service station displays a shingle reading Dont ask us for information If we knew anything we wouldnt be here. The scene sparks a dialogue about language and meaning amid a cryptic exchange.
Not Enough Space to Swing a Cat in Flat, Says Tenant
A house agent showing a modern flat to a prospective tenant remarks on the small rooms. The tenant complains there is not enough space to swing a cat. The agent replies that perhaps the buyer should consider changing their hobby.
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Washington, D. C
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Iowa
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Farm Credit Administration
Stock Exchange
Infantry Journal
Menoher
Bois Canal
Foret de P&rroy
Dombasle
41St
Chatel-sur-Moselle
Vosges
Champagne-Marne
la Croix Rouge
Alabama
168Th
Ourcq River
Charles T. Mencher
Henri Gouraud
Rainbow” Division
Hitler
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Africa
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Ohio
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Cordell Hull
Donald Nelson
Ed Stettinius
Henry Wallace
FCC
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Fred Chandler
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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