100th Yank Receives Highest Medal of Honor
Secretary of War Stimson honors Sgt Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale Mississippi as the 100th infantryman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the war. Lindsey, 24, earned the medal for a November action in Germany in which he killed 20 enemy soldiers, knocked out two machine guns, and captured two more in a hand to hand fight before being killed.
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Washington
Stimson
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Kelly
Martinez
Bianchi
Sadowski
Tominac
Baker
Wierdorfer
Fournier
Lopez
Thompson
Bjorkland
Smith
United States
Lindsey
Germany
Sixteen days to complete Moselle heavy bridge claim
U S Army Engineers built a heavy railroad bridge over the Moselle with concrete and steel piers in sixteen days. Facing freezing weather they heated sand and gravel, kept concrete warm with hot embers and coal stoves, and erected tents at each unit. Rails were laid and heavy freight crossed, despite French engineers doubting the faster timeline.
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U.S. Army
Rhine
Moselle
Patton wrote poem Fear in Cosmopolitan May issue
Gen George S Patton is credited as author of the poem Fear published in Cosmopolitan’s May issue. It portrays fear as a dreadful force that sweeps through war, concluding with the line I am fear and demands homage from all.
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New York
George S Patton
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Safety Equipment for Pipeline Engineers
Army Engineers operating 10 000 miles of military pipeline reveal safety gear used in cleaning and reusing captured and American gasoline tanks. Engineers restored over 7 000 000 barrels of captured tankage and shipped 12 000 000 barrels more in tankage units. As tanks are dismantled near front lines, a two man crew with a hose mask and gas detector works with air supply while protective clothing and gear, weighing about 225 pounds, is worn and decontamination follows job completion.
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L. B. Feagin
St. Louis
United States
Berlin
Tokyo
Army
Mars
Bureau of Mines
American Gas Association
101 Ways Dollars Strengthen Our Nation Message
A call to patriotism urges citizens to contribute more to support national might and speed the end of conflict. It emphasizes funding to crush the foe, save lives, and bring American servicemen home, framing donations as essential for victory.
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America
Special training guards engineers handling life saving pipeline equipment
The text outlines special training to ensure efficiency and safety when using equipment that protects engineers manning pipelines vital to keeping armies moving. It emphasizes safety, effectiveness, and the role of trained personnel in maintaining supply lines.
US Must Feed Europe Says Clare Boothe Luce
Representative Clare Boothe Luce states the United States must prevent European starvation including Germany, as Britain cannot feed others and Russia will not. After two months in Europe she warns Germans could starve by millions, or become a "festering sore" impacting the Continent, and calls for a czar or commission to rehabilitate Europe.
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Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
United States
Europe
Germany
Britain
Russia
War Costs and Casualties as U.S. Forces Advance in Italy
Washington reports Secretary of War Stimson gave a total tally for the Fifth Army’s campaign in Italy from September 1943 to April 28, detailing 21,577 killed and 77,218 wounded. Overall Army losses reach 818,089 in all theaters since the war began, Navy losses at 102,383, totaling 950,472 for both services since Pearl Harbor. Army breakdown shows killed 170,107, wounded 520,208, missing 80,364, prisoners 77,110. Navy totals: killed 40,271, wounded 17,739, missing 10,?38, prisoners 4,250. Also notes Hitler is declared dead by the Chnow House, with a tongue-in-cheek formal resolution praising his “one good act.”
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Washington
Italy
Fifth Army
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Chnow House
Adolf Hitler
Public Health Service to spray houses in Matthews
Monroe Rhodes in charge of the United States Public Health Service in New Madrid county announces that spraying of houses in the malarial control program will be done in Matthews on Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15. Information on preparation for spraying will be distributed in Matthews beforehand.
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Monroe Rhodes
United States Public Health Service
New Madrid County
Matthews
Rhodes
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