News of Our Men Women in Uniform Major Roth medal
Major Arnold Roth formerly of Sikeston now Cape Girardeau attached to the 82nd Fighter Group in Italy received the Legion of Merit for improving air land communications at Salerno Beach and locating emergency landing fields over Yugoslavia. The 82nd Fighter Group earned a year-long citation for combat gains.
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Arnold Roth
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
82Nd Fighter Group
Italy
Salerno Beach
Yugoslavia
Young Illmo flyer promoted to major in Army Air Forces
Thomas I Bowers, son of Mr and Mrs Bowers of Illmo, is promoted to major and serves as base operations officer at Stout Field, Indianapolis Indiana. He returns from 17 months overseas duty as a pilot in the Troop Transport Command in England North Africa and Sicily. His sister Kaltenhe Bowers is secretary to Major Phil Hughes at the Massouri Institute of Aeronautics.
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Thomas I Bowers
Bowers
Illmo
Army Air Forces
Stout Field
Indianapoli
Indiana
England
North Africa
Sicily
Troop Transport Command
Kaltehhe ‘Bowers
Phil.Hughes
Massouri Institute of Aeronautics
Anderson letter from Italy praises home newspaper and camp life
Pvt. William J. Anderson, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Anderson, writes from Italy that The Herald arrived May 18 and is widely read at his camp. He describes seeing Lily Pons and Andres Kostelanetz, attends an afternoon parade with allied flags and national anthems, visits a busy carnival, the Red Cross hub, an English American church, and an ice cream parlor near camp. He praises Sikeston and thanks the editors for sending the paper.
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the Herald
Pvt
William J Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Italy
Pvt. Anderson
Lily Pons
Andres Kostelanetz
Mediterranean Symphony Orchestra
Miss Pons
Kostelanetz
Red Cross
Herald
Sikeston
Former commander lands B 17 at Harvey Parks Airport
Major Harold J Shelden, once commanding officer of the primary flying school at Missour Institute of Aeronautics, visited the field Sunday and landed his B 17 at Harvey Parks Airport. He is now stationed in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was on a routine navigation training flight.
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Harold J Shelden
Missour
Dean Smiddy Returns to Camp Stewcart Georgia
Cp Dean Smiddy who had been visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Rube Smiddy at Oran has returned to his post at Camp Stewcart Ga.
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Wilson Soehrig
Soehhg
Albert Soehhig
Oran
Texas
Soehhe
Armed Forces
Dean Smiddy
Rube Smiddy
Tos Pest
Camp Stewcart
D B Wagener
Air Corps
Athens
Lynn Waggener
Sonny Waggener
Marine Air Corps
South Pacific
Lilbourn Lieutenant Helps in Normandy Action
The Associated Press describes Lieut James K Bain of Lilbourn Missouri commanding Thunderbolt dive bombers in Normandy aiding ground troops. The Tigers tank damage near 25 feet and three near misses forced retreat but the tank was later seen in a ditch as Allied tanks advanced. Also notes siblings and relatives serving overseas and their housing details.
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Associated Press
James K. Bain
Lilbourn
Thunderbolt
Normandy
Lilbourn, Mo
A. W. Morgan
Glens Falls
Carl &. Gordon
Fort Scott
Kan
Bain
Tiger
Hitler and Tojo chat during wartime telephone call
A dramatized telephonic exchange shows Hitler asking Tojo why he is not in America and Tojo replying that he is calling from Moscow, implying a global wartime reach and strategic repositioning.
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Hitler
Heil
Tojo
America
Adolf
Moscow
Major Creal Black Describes Visits to RomeItaly
Major Creal Black, serving in Italy, writes July 3 letter praising Rome’s beauty, clean streets, and mix of ancient and modern sites. He notes Nordic-skinned locals, wartime impressions, and visits to the Colosseum, Pantheon, St Peter's, Vatican, Hadrian's Tomb, Catacombs, Appian Way, and Mussolini era sights. He describes food shortages, rising American goods, and a cartoon about wine watered by soldiers.
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Rome
M.& Montgomery
Creal Black
Italy
Major Black
Colosseum
Pantheon
St. Peter’s Church
Vatican City
Hadrian’s Tomb
Catacombs
Scipio
Appian Way
Quo Vadis
St Paul's Cathedral
Church of the Lateran
St. John
Holy Steps
Borghese
King’s Palace
Mussolini
St Peter
Victor Emanuel
Duce
Fritz
Spain’s early cotton history and Moorish influence
Spain became the first modern European nation to recognize cotton as both an agricultural crop and a textile fiber. The Moors introduced cotton in the 9th and 10th centuries, developing notable skill and artistry in its processing.
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Spain
Europe
Voice of the Soldier Calls for Peace and Faith in America
In a wartime exhortation the speaker urges a moral postwar order based on freedom equality and justice. He envisions a God-centered nation returning to ordinary life and work while pledging to unite communities states and nations through prayer and the Golden Rule.
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God
America
Pop
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Henry M. Dalton
Cecil Dalton
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Warren Dalton
Navy
Kinze Podder
AMM
U. 5 S. S. Astoria
BE. K. Ponder
John Ponder
Coast Guard
St. Laws
Willard Dean
New Guinea
Cassie Mizell
Hornersville
L. C Grugett
Kennett
L C Grugett, Jr
North Blak Island
B. W. Elliott
Harvey Benjamin Eliott
Jesse la Fentress
Engineering Corps
Wort Leonard Wood, Mo
Thomas Pratt
Mt. Rammer, Wash
Arthur Brewer
Mediterranean
Fort Meade, Md
Vernon Lavender
Mrs Pervin Lavender
Jesse E. Hamby Jr
Tyndall Field
Panama
Fla
Army Air Forces Training Command
Hamby
E B Sims
St Louis
William Lee Scarbrough
W. A. Scarbrough
Blodgett
Scarbrough
Cassino
Wanda Lee Nelson
Marion E Johnson
Camp Jordan
Johnson
Cpl
Doyle Heath
Clinton
Iowa
W. R Heath
Cpl Heath
Jean Klein
Murray Klein
Field Artillery
Lieut Klein
Pfe Trentis Stovall
U.S Marines
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Pfe Stovall
Pacific
Cletis Stovall
Signal Corps
Aleutians
Chris Porte
Chris Jr
Aviation
Washington University
Air Forces
Porter
Sikeston High School
Young Iulmo Flyer
THE
Sikeston, Mo
Bill Anderson
Roger
Allan Swaim
al Swaim
Lieut Swaim
Pvtrick Swann
Fred Withrow
S. W. Withrow
Medical Corps
Sgt Withrow
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma
Withrow
Missouri
Sgt
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Cout
Roberts’ Foods
PTT
Food Wau
Gray Ridge, MO
Veala
Ns,mo
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Samuel B. Watkins
Camp Crowder, Mo
Tire Service
Sid
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