Letters From Our Boys From War Fronts to Roanoke Rapids
Letters describe camps near the Alps and a flood rescue, battles against Japan, and life aboard ships off Japan. Soldiers Henry, Ray Barrington, and Lloyd Finch write of battles, home, and hopes for return, with Harbor City and Roanoke Rapids as touchstones.
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Dear Carroll
Roanoke Rapids
South Dakota
Japan
Kamaishi
Honshu
Tokio
Charlotte
B. J. Clay
H. J. Hartman
Battleboro
Herald
Ray Barrington
Roanoke Avenue
Lloyd Finch
Churchill's exit ends era of wartime leadership
Churchill saved England but his departure marks a shift as he loved kings too much to purge Europe of royal Fascists. The piece casts the former prime minister as key to victory yet out of step with future policy directions.
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Churchill
England
Europe
Sugar Loss Sparks Policy Grievance Over Cuba Trade
A historical note states 2,000,000 tons of Cuban sugar were lost due to Washington not agreeing in advance to purchase it. The line questions if folly robbed sweetness, reflecting on policy and consequence.
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Hawaii
Saipan
Wilson
Health Department
Washington
War Costs and Racial Pride in Wartime Rhetoric
The remark argues against making Germans feel guilt while stressing war's high price. It asserts that any race, notably the Japanese, shows inferiority when it claims others' achievements as its own.
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Armed Services
Pees Hitler
Goering
Alps
Germany
Hedy Lamar
Henry
P. S
William H. Evans
Lucy Evans
Jackson Street
Carroll
Mr. Wilson
Pvt
Lloyd E. Finch
C/o
San Francisco
Calif
C.F. Zeiler
Zeiler
D. L. Traynham
N. C
Marvin Newsom
Littleton
N. DC
L. S
Pete) Garner
Vance St
J. C. Shearin
N.C
Surmer's
Gardner
Velvet
Rocky Mount Area
Gardner’s Dairy Products
Rocky Mount and
Goldsboro
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