Coast Guardsmen Call Leyte Action First nun
Roanoke Rapids coast guardsmen aboard a Coast Guard manned attack transport describe the early Leyte invasion hours They recall firing anti aircraft guns hearing bombers overhead while tending wounded Army troops aboard They praise Public Health Service doctors and underline high morale despite casualties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Leyte
Special
Coast Guardsman
Coast
Sick Bay
Jong
Public Health Service
Tokyo
Donald D. Ches
Philippines
Palau Islands
Chestnut
Carolina St
Ormoc Pocket Destroyed as MacArthur Reports Jap Garrison Falls
General MacArthur announces the destruction of the Ormoc garrison on Leyte as the 77th and Seventh Divisions close in from north and south. The 32nd Division presses the north flank while air activity targets central Philippines and Borneo oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Tshe
Borneo
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Ormoco
Andrew Bruce
77Th
Seventh Infantry
24Th Corps
Seventh
Albuera
Ormocc
Idor
Stenographer Typist Wanted for War Work in Roanoke Rapids
All qualified typists stenographers and clerks urged to study her message and end rumors about Washington D C. The country needs you to do important war work. Apply to the local U S C S office in the Kidd building Roanoke Rapids NC and consult the Civil Service Representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Kidd
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Civil Service
Private Vivian Marks Serves Overseas in European Theater
Private Vivian R. Marks daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Marks of Littleton, serves in the European Division of the Air Transport Command U S Army Air Forces under Brigadier General Earl B Hoag. The unit runs cargo and passenger flights supplying Europe and returning wounded soldiers, and Marks enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps 20th in February 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian R. Marks
Charles S. Marks
Littleton
Air Transport Command
U. S. Army Air Forces
Earl 8. Hoag
United States
Europe
ATC
Pvt
Marks
Women's “Army—Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Weldon Coca Cola Bottling Works
Batte
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!