Red Siege Guns Blast at Budapest Near Suburbs
Russian siege guns pounded Budapest suburbs as Soviet armor advanced toward Pest. Shells hit Ujpest Rac kospalota and Kispel with two strongholds captured on fortified approaches. Second Ukraine army under Marshal Rodion Malinovsky pushes toward the capital as Vienna notes activity.
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Budapest
Moscow
Colume
Ujpest
Rackospalota
Kispel
Pest
Sovist Communiqua
Kisalag
Vseszeg
Mareshal Rodlon Matinovsky
Second Ukraine
Vienna
Army Surgeon Extracts Shrapnel From Heart in Ninth Army Action
A U S Ninth Army frontline operation in Germany details Lieut. Col. Stimson Wells of Albany New York performing a delicate 90 minute removal of shrapnel from a wounded officer whose heart was exposed. The patient recovered with no permanent effects after carrying the fragment for over 12 hours before surgery. The report notes substantial Soviet advances in surrounding regions with towns captured along the Slovakia border and battles around Budapest continuing amid heavy bombardment and fierce German resistance.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
U.S. Ninth Army
Siegfriedine
Stmns Well
Albany
N.Y
D-say
Tila
Tzeestia
Budapest
Vienna
Austria
Est
Winler Re
Red Army
Sevastopol
Hutyan
Slovakia
Miskolc
Kassa
Abad
Szepst
Moldova
Ir Hyeceway
Kigajag Fet
Isaszeg
Tara
Canadians Increase Hold On Lamone River Front
Canadians extend control along the Lamone north of Faenza with two bridgeheads enlarged and repelled heavy Nazi counterattacks. Tanks cut the Havennas Ferrara highway northwest of Mezzano as other units crossed the Lamone near Mengano five miles from the original crossings. Southwest of Imola, Mitthn army units pushed into Tossignano amid German resistance. Coastal air force attacked power stations and roads in the frontier area of southern France and Italy, despite poor weather. Four planes reported missing.
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Italy
Lamone River
Faenza
Havennas Ferrara
Mezzano
Lamone Ab Mengano
Imola
Bologna-Rimini
Mitthn
Tossignand
Trontier
France
Athough
Po Valley
Brenner Pass
Fifth Army
Spezia
Doctor Shocked By X Ray Machine At Santa Mesa
Doctor W. parron recovering at Santa Mesa hospital after electrical shock while operating an X ray machine. Fire department gave inhalator treatment and Dr J J Martinez provided first aid after the accident Wednesday evening at Moore Building.
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Br. W
Service Center Christmas Party Opens Holiday Season
The Baptist service center at 324 Broadway hosts a Christmas party Saturday night to open the holidays. Twenty nine churches of the San Antonio Baptist association provide gifts candies and cookies for the entertainment. The center will be open during holidays from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Joint meeting between National Protective Association and Townsend Club No 2 scheduled from 12:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the west wing of Munterpal auditorium.
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Baptist Service Center
Broadway
The
San Antonio Baptist Association
National Protective Association
Pownsend Club No. 2
Munterpal Auditoriurnry
Death in Action for Clifford Click Brother of Five Siblings
In December 1991 three years after Pearl Harbor, Sgt. Clifford C lick was reported dead while fighting with the First Division in North Africa. His brother Thomas P Click, wounded in France, holds the Silver Star and Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Three brothers remain stateside as notes list wounded or missing in various theaters.
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Pearl Harbor
Mre
Brile Chur
Ord Street
San Antonio
Thele Igam
Clifford
Click
North Africa
Thomas P. Click
Lintce
France
Ord. Street
Sqnie J. Click
Fania
Blolly
Air Medal awarded to airman for 35 missions in Pacific
Citations honor Airman for flying 35 missions since March 1944 with action at Palau Hollandia Truk Guam Iwo Jima Chichi Jima Devao Leyte Negros Subic Bay Clark Manila and Okinawa Jima Formosa The report notes other service members receiving the Legion of Merit Soldier’s Medal and Bronze Star for acts of heroism and meritorious service in various theaters including Venezuela India Burma and France.
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Lyman "T. Mereness
Gertrude
Martina
Hollenbeck Shred
Hag
Pacific
Palau
Hollandia
Truk
Guam
Iwo Jima
Chichi Jhima
Devao
Leyte
Negros, Subic Bay
Clark, Field
Manila
Okinawa Jima
Formosa
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SP-38 Fighters Makelhursing Secombaria 44 Inch Planes
In Birmingham Alabama on December 14 a number of Ped fighters were converted at the Deothol McCone plant into high speed reconnaissance aircraft. Armament removed and photosfens cameras added. Private Mendiola closed in on an enemy position and threw a hand grenade, killing the gunner and capturing five. John Diedrich Voss of San Antonio received the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously and the Silver Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal. The ceremony in Dallas honored his mother, WAC Pvt Lena Agnes Voss, wife of a late pursuit pilot. Mrs Voss had learned of her son’s kill in the Bougainville battle earlier. She had previously received Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters at Kelly Field in January. She lived at 1108 West Olmes Drive.
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Birmingham
Als
Deohtel- McCone Corporation
John Diedrich Voss
San Antonin
WAC
Lena Agnes Voss
Dallas
Richard Donovan
Eighth Service
Mra
Voss
Bougainville
Vosa
Kelly Field
Sthai Force
Vous
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