Operation Charion Nazaire Raid Remembered in New Book
Brig Gen C E Lucas Phillips details the St Nazaire operation along with the Buchanan Campbeltown ruse and the sacrifice of 611 volunteers led by Commander Ryder. The piece compares the raid to Hamburg bombing, notes a strategic aim to deny the German base access, and profiles rare surviving chokers and the award of heroism.
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Clark Kinnaird
Hamburg
Phillips
E. Lucas Phillips
Little, Brown
Ton Cherchill
Hitler
S& Nazaire
U. S
West Indies
C. E. Lucas Phillips
Royal
St. Nazaire
Frances
U. S. S. Buchanan
H. M.S. Campbelt
Robert E. D. Ryder
Campbeltown
England
Atlantic
Normandie
Tenny- Son
Light Brigade
Free World
Dieppe
Hamburs
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Eagle Pass Eagle Hotel To Lose Longtime Host Tom Mireles
Sam Woolford recalls Eagle Pass Piedras Negras border life and the Eagle hotel as Tom Mireles, longtime Eagle Hotel employee, plans February retirement after 47 years. He started in 1915 as a dishwasher and rose to night clerk, serving travelers, cattlemen, and dignitaries across the Rio Grande, with Parall history and Lindbergh ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Woolford
Rio Grande
San Antonians
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
C. P. Diaz
Eagle
Eagle Hotel, Where Tom Mireles
Purgatory
Mangum
Eagle Hotel
Cnttle
Tom
Allende
Uvalde Job
U.S
Uvalde
Charles Downing
Hal Mangum
Mexico
Charles A. Lindbergh
la Babia
Mister Mangum
St. Louis
Mr. Mangum
Col. Lindbergh
Choir Cantata Israel Presented by Local Congregations
A cantata Israel will be performed Sunday by choirs from Agudas Achim Synagogue Grace Presbyterian church and Woodlawn Christian church for delegates at the Zionist Organization of America convention at Granada hotel. Cantor Emmanuel Barkan will direct the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Agudas Achim Synagogue
Grace Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn Christian Church
Granada Hotel
Emmanuel Barkan
Puzzle of codes and clues hints at a forgotten index
A fragmented catalog of cryptic clues lists various definitions and cross references from a vintage reference page. It invokes names, numbers, places, and roles across languages, with no single narrative, resembling a crossword style word list from a newspaper feature.
Retiring L. A. Officer Had Shining Start
Steve Henry Gomez, long time chief of the Fourth Army information section civil liaison division, retires after a career starting as a Monterrey born shoeshine boy who worked with Justice of the Peace Bat Corrigan in San Antonio. He served in the 36th Infantry Division, earned the Bronze Star three times, and became a lieutenant colonel in 1956 while executive officer of the army information office in Japan. He moved to San Antonio in 1958 and sits on the Eloise Japhet School board and San Antonio Ski and Boat Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Henry Gomez
Fourth Army Information Section
Civiliaison
Gomez
San Antonio
Monterrey
Mexico
Justice of the Peace
Bat” Corrigan
Corrigan
Brackenridge High School
Jos
Corgan
36Th Infantry Division
Texas National Zuard
Korea
S. A
Army Information Office
U. S. Army Far East
Japan
Eloise Japhet School For
Youth Workshop Leads San Antonio Youth Council Event
The Christian Youth council of the San Antonio Council of Churches sponsors a leadership training workshop starting 9 a.m. Saturday Sept. 10 at St. Luke's Episcopal church. President James Laurie opens with worship followed by council goals. Rev. Comer Alden leads Faith in Action dramatizing religion in daily life. afternoon panel discussions planned. session ends 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Youth Council
The
San Antonio
Mooney Takes ATC Post After World War II Commands
Maj. Gen. Henry S. Mooney assumed duties as assistant vice commander of the Air Training Command at Randolph AFB. A 193k West Point graduate, he previously led SAC's 16th Air Force in Spain and commanded the 15th Air Force in Italy in 1944. A New Orleans native, he resides at Randolph with his wife and daughter Marilyn.
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Henry Sk. Mooney
Air Training Command
Randolph Afb
SAC
16Th Air Force
Spain
West Point
Mooney
Kelly Afb
Europe
Ploesti
Schweinfurt
Munich
Vienna
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Welgreen Drug
Chicago
Dallas
Walgreen
C. E. LaFramenta
S. S-Raab
Ray Shimek
Sam Arris
Parade of Books
Admiral Mountbatten
M. Ramadier
Buchanan
Roosevelt
Britain
Hemisphere
Robert Osborn
New York Graphic Society
Osborn
America
Holland
Palestine
Jet Osborn
Weeky
Allen Drury
Double- Day
Hawaii
James Michener
Random House
Irving Wallace
Simon & Schuster
C. F P. Snow
Scrioner
Henry
Mr. Citten
Harry S. Truman
Geis- Random
Mountain
T. A. Dooley
Farrar, Straus
Usk
Woolford's Tales
Texas
Maverick County
George Walker
Encino Solo Ranch
Mc Keller
Mariposa
Ed. Richey
Buena Vista
Harvey Pollay
Encan
Ivin Cobb
Ellis
Irvin Gobb
St. Anthony
Cobb
Paducah
New York City
Irvin S. Cobb
Tom Mireles
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Judge Sanford
Anne
Farney Baggett
Johny
Recifee
Pancho Villa
Parral
Feranetr Uplands
Hie Boison di Mapimi
ca‘Darrel
Southwest
Gulf
Rockies
Good Ummer
Revtet
Little House OF Books
Freedwey
Zion
Jizz
Pibe
Tex
King of
Tyre
India
Reese
Leon and
Gathor
Finencier
Philip
Askanca
Sicily
Inkter
Angle
Cherrieg
Hosea
Fairy
U. S.A
Wrath Si
Wate Ajax
Chum
King
8Yn., Inc
L. A
Academy. OF Languages
Sss
Mullen St
Gen. Mooney
ATC
Naval Training Center
Ward Island
Corpus Christi
University of Corpus Christi
Freeman Dahl
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