Indian troops threaten Umbertide road on Italian front
Allied dispatch says Eighth army troops reach outskirts of Umbertide and threaten the main road to Florence west of Arezzo. Fifth army advance on the Italian west coast stalls under German resistance while American units push toward Castiglioncello near Livorno and face heavy German fire. United States tanks break a mile and a half northeast of a key area as fierce counterattacks around Rosignano are repelled.
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Eighth Army
Umbertide
Tiber Valley
Florence
Arezzo
Fifth Army
Castiglioncello
Livorno
Leghorn
Rosignano
Castellina
United States
World War II Italian Front Air and Ground Operations
Allied forces fought near Ancona and Siena as Fifth Army operations pushed northward. French units breached German defenses on Highway 64 while Castelfirdardo and Nuynana changed hands. RAF bombers hit Verona rail yards amid wider strikes in southern France and Toulon submarine pens. one bomber was lost.
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Fifth Army
Ancona
Adriatic
Castelfirdardo
Nuynana
Siena
R. A. F. Bombera
Verona
Italy
Eighth
15Th Air Force
France
Montpellier
Benziers
Toulon
American Major lands on French soil after rough sea voyage
Maj Allison Tel, noted as the first American attaché to a British contingent to land on French soil, describes a perilous crossing from England. He details a heavy storm, deck abandon prep, a broken anchor, and a beach landing amid breakers. He in reports fond memories of Normandy and mentions Camembert cheese, high prices, and wartime rationing.
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Dwight Allison
Mansaghyg
the Light
England
Major Allison
Tori Allison
Allison Read
Ila
France
Normandy
Superfortresses Being Modified in Midwest Plants
Brig. Gen. Ray G. Harris announced B-29 Superfortresses are being modified at Denver Colorado and Omaha Nebraska. Changes before delivery are being made by Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska in Omaha and Continental Air Lines in Denver, with Omaha Martin also manufacturing the bombers.
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Kan
Ray G. Harris
Mid-Western
Army Air Forces Materiel Come Land
Denver
Colo
Omaha
Neo
Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Company
Continental Air Lines
Martin
Sergeant on 50th raid becomes a hero
Tech sergeant Ralph L. Wiley, tail gunner on a Fifteenth Air Force Liberator, with wife at 1207 West French Place, completed his 50th Mediterranean mission. He shot down three Nazi fighters, two over Steyr Austria and one over Wiener Neustadt, calling the Steyr mission the toughest experience he has had.
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Ralph L. Wiley
West French Place
Mediterranean
Fifteenth Air Force
Steyr
Austria
Wiener Neustadt
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