Mitscher's Airmen Hit Tokyo and Hachijo Jima Raids
Fleet Admiral Mitscher's airmen struck Tokyo and Hachijo Jima amid rough weather, sinking five small enemy vessels and destroying or damaging 233 aircraft plants including Nakajima facilities at Ota and Kaizumi. Nine American planes were lost, with five air crew saved, as Nimitz reported on Sunday and Monday raids.
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Guam
Wier
Marc A. Mitscher
Bechlis Jima
Neet
Nimitz
Tokyo
Nakajima Aircra
Ota
Kaizumi
Kaieume
Wre
Theso
Japan
Unclear ad text prompts relief claim by Williams Rice Inc
An irregular promotional notice promises painless relief through a “Rica Method” with free details by mail to William S Rice Inc Dept 12-19 Apes Hand frill. The copy touts comfortable restraint removal and adjustable jelly glasses as aids, suggesting devices for easing garments and sway control amid dubious claims.
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William S.rice, Inc
Hoa
San Antonian Praised for Killing Nip in Palau
Pvt. Juan G. Perez of San Antonio earned commendation for killing a Japanese sniper during guard duty at a Seventh Army Air Forces base in Palau. He fired on a truck-lit target and killed the enemy figure on the midnight shift, as his parents reside at 1024 Crystal Street. Perez enlisted in November 1942.
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ATTH
Palaus
AA. F
Palau
Juan G. Perez
San Antonio
Perez
Peres
Ling Perez
Lve
Crystal Street
Plan for Eastward Allied Link Remains Distant
Paris Feb 26 Allied supreme command says a junction of Eisenhower’s forces with the Soviet army is unlikely before this summer and perhaps in central Germany. Eisenhower notes river crossings and weather will slow a bridgehead over the Rhine and spring floods hinder offensives on both fronts.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Germany
Supreme Command
Hisenttower
Seyhower
Rhine
Wehrmacht
Manila Civil Rule Report Continues Amid War Advances
Gleaned from a war desk summary, troops push from Leyte toward Luzon with Crewsar airstrip secured and Corregidor nearing reconquest. U S Sixth and First Cavalry press defenses near Manila as ministers crown Tacloban as provisional capital, Osmeña praising American liberators and MacArthur leadership in a ceremony signaling return to Manila.
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Corrégidor
Verde Island
San Agaphte
Philippines
Theoomb Munique
Pailin Blies
Leyte
Luzon du Tuary
Surigao Strait
Gorregidor
503D
Yanks Forge
Manila
Cagayan Valley
Ie Philippine Catenor
Tacloban
Ospinin
Rouge
Walt
Osmena
Othey
MacArthur
Arthur’ MacArthur
U S Tenth mountain division checked by German advance
ROME Feb 87 U S Tenth mountain division repelled a strong German counterattack around Mount WENA Terracia and Mount Castello in Terracia suffering heavy casualties and capturing several prisoners. Brazilian forces had moved to Mount Castello as US troops pressed forward near Mount Belvedere and Mount Elin. The Eighth Army front near Mory nvath remained under heavy fire.
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Rome
U. 8
Tenth Mountain Division
Mount Wena Terracia
Mount Castello
U. S
Mount Belvedere
Mount
Elin
Terracia
Eighth Army
Trequenl
Catral Clathes
Allies Capture Pagan City in Burma Advance
British and Indian troops seized Pagan in central Burma, a historic city near the Irrawaddy river, as part of a two pronged crossing toward yenangyaung and Chauk oil fields. A four mile river bridgehead was established, with tanks and air support aiding landings. The battle began February 14, with fighting ongoing as Japanese defenses were breached. Pagan is famed for its pagodas and lies along a vast oil field network in the Yenangyaung region.
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Kandy
Geylon
Burress
Pagan
Mandelay
Wil
Irra
Waddy
Southeast Asia Command
Chaux
Yerangyaune
Associated Press
John Grover
Irrawaddy
Graver
Pagan Ig
Urnia
Chauk
Yenangyaung
Yenange Young Field
Ninth Son Joins U S Services Battle of the Generations
Dayton report notes Frankit Ripkowski age 18 has entered U S military service at St. Petersburg Pin as the ninth of 16 children in the Ripkowski family. The nine sons of Mr and Mrs Ripkowski are spread across the nation and abroad with three having served overseas.
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Dayton
Inxs
Prd
O ‘Frankit. Ripkowski
U.S
Martina
St. Petersburg
Pin
Mrgil Stash Ripkowski
Liberty County
U. S
Pacific
Over Seas
Cold Weather Closes Texas Roads and Services
Cold spread across Texas with Monday’s mild start giving way to heavy snow showers that iced highways and disrupted communications and transportation. Denison Sherman and Gainesville regions faced isolation as intercity lines failed, restoring limited service only by Tuesday morning.
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Associated Prep
Texas
Denison- Sherman
Gainesville
Denison
Sherman
Marines Feed On Hot Chow Aboard Iwo Coast Guard LST
From Iwo Feb 22 a Navy radio dispatch reports Marines aboard a coast guard manned LST battle-weary and rain soaked. They move through galley sections for hot meals amid star shells and distant fighting near Twa as Jap swimmers are feared.
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Coast Guard
Lst
Iwo
Navy Radio
Ins
Iwo Teland
L&t
Twa
Iman
Warship’s battered crew endure grueling aftermath at sea
Wounded sailors lie under blankets in crew quarters and ward rooms as Marines strip and wash damp clothing. Aboard a damaged ship, gunners prepare howitzer shells while lower decks hoist rations and coffee for exhausted men. A Campbellsport, Wisconsin, assistant surgeon tends the injured amid noisy, battle-scarred decks.
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Browers
Vernon G. Guenither
Campbellsport
Wis
Woman Hurt in Fall From Bus
Mrs Lupe McCullom a 57 year old woman from 1507 Cibolo street was injured when she fell while attempting to alight a Transit Company bus at East Committee and Nevada streets. She was treated at Robert B Green hospital for a sprained left arm and shoulder. The accident occurred about 1030 p m Monday.
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Pany
Commettee
Nevada Streets
Lupe McCullom
Cibolo Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
WAC Group to Be Formed at Brooke
A platoon of the first group of women enlisted to serve as WAC medical technicians at Brooke General Hospital will be formed and named in honor of Texas Lieut. Gen. Welter Krueger, new Sixth Army commander in the Pallip ping.
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Brooke General Hospital
Texas
Welter Krueger
Sixth Army
Soldier Acts as Midwife to French Calf in France
Amid the 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh Army in France, First Sgt. Wilfon M Mixon of Gan Antonio Texas was roused by an excited Frenchman seeking immediate help. Mixon gathered two volunteers and aided in the birth of a 14 pound calf, returning to his company with smiles at the success.
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Seventh
France
Wilfon
M. Mixon
Gan
Antonio
Texas
Mixon
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Harhiro Dima
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Iwo Island
Raymond O. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Southwest Texas Optometric Society
Red Junction
Ninth
Seale
Abilene
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Boston
Fireee
Houston
Elena
Jacksonville
Ansas City
Burma
Ninth Son
Charley
Almitar Indiary Nz
Te Otitirn
WAC Group
Brooke
S'Ofve Tathels
White Knight Mattress
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