Yanks tightening trap on Japs near Aitape New Guinea
U S forces press a six day ground push along a coastal corridor northeast of Aitape with patrol clashes amid terrain between mountains and the sea. Allied planes hammer Wakde air base and surrounding Schouten islands while two Japanese interceptors and a bomber are shot down. An abandoned Japanese hospital near Empress Augusta Bay reveals 250 enemy dead.
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Aitape
Wewak
Madang
Bunabun
Wewank
Point Shout
Wakde Island
Schouten Islands
Bougainville
Solomons
A& Empress Augusta Bay
Submarine Rescues 22 Navy Fliers At Truk Lagoon
Pearl Harbor May 18. U S S Tang under Lt Comdr Richard H O Kane rescued 22 airmen from death after strike on Truk. Survivors include Aviator Burns and Radioman Hill. O Kane praised crew for perilous operations and survival actions as Tang returned to base.
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S. S. Blalr
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Richard Hetherington O'Kane
Sanaie Calif
Jan Shore
Teries
Naras
Liewl
Trak
A. Burns
Wynnewood
Waa
A. R. Matter
Butte
Mont
J. G
Robert F. Kanze
Freehold
W. Dy
Burns
TEXAN
Tang
O'Kane
Burns Ang
Gill
Burglary Victim Threatened In Early Morning Breakin
A. O. Boyd of Avenue B reported to police that a intruder awakened him about 2 a.m. in his apartment. the assailant threatened to cut his head and escaped with two wallets and personal papers. The burglar is believed to have struck Buck Camal’s home on Avenue E, taking a wrist watch and about ten dollars in dimes from Miss Desi Shaw’s room.
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Avenue B
Boyd
Siter
Buck
Camal
Avenue E
Desi Shaw
Close U S Cooperation in Pacific Cited
Rear Admiral Forrest P Sherman said there is close cooperation among all services in the Pacific with no fixed command boundary. He noted joint operations from the Gilberts and Marshalls to Hollandia and Dutch New Guinea, highlighting integrated command between Nimitz and MacArthur and naval support in the Southwest Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Forrest P. Sherman
Washington, D. C
Wasp
Gilberts
Marshalls
MacArthur
Hollandia
Rarrey
Joint Staff
Bherman
Nimitz
Dutch New Guinea
New Gainea
Pacific Yanks Poised for Biggest Tasks
American forces in the Pacific prepare for larger and tougher landings, per Lieut. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, Pacific theater commander. He warned that Europe operations will not delay Pacific plans. In separate report, U.S. planes raided near Surabaya and Batavia as Japan’s base in Java remains under pressure.
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Pacific
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Hnserine Corps
United States
Guadalcanal
Europe
Braun Honored for 30 Years Leading Texas Music Dept
Seguin May 18 Alois Braun longtime head of Texas Lutheran College music department received honors at a Tuesday night appreciation banquet. Gifts and letters came from former students faculty the Rev C Weeber and the board of regents. Braun a native of Austria studied under Hans Schmitt in Vienna. His composition Suite on the Teche won a 1942 piano prize from the San Antonio Muso club.
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