Long Trek of Nurses Described After Adriatic Crash
A 60 day trek through Nazi occupied Albania recounts how 13 Kenes smy nurses and 17 British soldiers walked to safety after a crash near Bari. Lieut Gertrude Dawson and Lieut Gavan Duffy led the party with Partisans sheltering them amid bombardment, blizzards, and near captures before rescue planes finally reached the group.
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Catro
Kenessmy
Albania
Gertrude Dawson
United Airlines
Pittsburgh
Hake
Gavan Duffy
Whu
Sicily
Bari
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Messerschmitt 3090
Duffy
Jast
Hitle
Ers
Gar
British Death Toll in Italy Reaches 7635 Killed
Churchill told the House of Commons that British and Dominion casualties in Italy from the initial landings on September 2, 1943, and February 12 totaled 7,635 killed, 23,203 wounded, and 5,708 missing, 26,626 overall. Excludes RN/RSAP losses.
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London
Churchill
Commons
British and Dominion
Maly
RSAP
Royal Navy
Seventh Division Troops Scramble for War Souvenirs
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Garrett reports Seventh Division troops on Attu collected primitive Jap souvenirs while at Kwajalein in the Marshals they largely ignored such items and carried on with business.
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U. S. Army
Central Pacific
Charles H. Garrett
Attu
Kwajalein
Will Rogers Jr Declines 1944 Political Run
Will Rogers Jr says he will not seek any political office in 1944. The statement comes amid a year when the late humorist’s son weighs public service and public sentiment in Culver City California.
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Culver City
Calif
Will Rogers Jr
Hiumorist
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