Bali Beach Air Assault and Java War Front Tale
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kurts recounts the Pacific theater from the Philippines to Java. He details Allied efforts at Bali and Den Pasar, the loss of Bud Sprague and dive bombers, the sinking of ships like Marblehead and Houston, and a daring radio operator mission by Warrenfeltz to aid Corregidor, amid mounting Japanese raids and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Java
Navy
Jack Dale
Philippines
Gnoro
Bud Sprague
Houston
Java Sea
Borneo
Celebes
States
Navy Patrol Wing 10
Bali Strait
Bali
den Passar
Timor
Clark
del Monte
Kendari
Samarinda
Kupang
United Nations
Malang
Knism
Madiun
Strand
Macassar
Bud
John Robertson
John
Gallant Patrol Wing 10
Commander Peterson
Bill Hardy
Duke Campbell
Army
Surabaya
Javische Bank
Corregidor
Bataan
Air Force
Warrenfeltz
Bomber Command
Lombok Strait
Netherlands East Indies
Manila Bay
Guam
Honolulu
New York
Washington
Pilot Dies After Saving His Crew
A U S bomber base report details Lieut. William H. Johnson of Minneapolis who, fatally wounded, kept his Fortress aloft on one engine to allow crew to bail after a raid on Augsburg April 13. Co-pilot Lieut. Harold S. Whitely and navigator Lieut. William B. Sanchez were wounded, while the bomber shed two engines under heavy flak before Johnson ordered bail out and perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Britain
William H. Johnson
Minneapolis
Harold S. Whitely
Limerick
Maine
William 8. Sanchez
Walton
N. Y
George H. Nye
Compton
Calif
Augsburg
Frank J. Hazzard
Chicago
Sanchez
Hazzard
Paul E. Simpson
Delaware
Ohio
Eighth Air Force
Johnson
American bomber gunners tour Copenhagen and Stockholm escape
Two U S Army Air Force gunners shot down over Denmark reportedly toured Copenhagen posing for photos in Hoegere Square before escaping to Sweden via the Danish underground. A second image shows them in the Royal Library gardens in Stockholm. Both photos were wirelessed to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Sweden
London
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
London Daily Mail
Mansfield Hooper
James Valby
Hoegere Square
Frie Danske
Gestapo
Royal Library
Stockholm
He's Away Up the Creek On Army Maneuver Directions
Sgt. Dale Gillilan of Harrington Massachusetts asks a road sentry for map directions and eight volunteers swarm in to help. The convoy follows their directions to a dry creek bed dead end where a bull blocks the path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Second Army
Tennessee
Dale Gillilan
Harrington
Mass
Gillilan
Electric Shocks Curb Woman's Sneeze Attacks
In Memphis a Jonesboro Arkansas woman Mrs Albert Sanders receives electric shock treatments to treat a rare sneezing attack. Attendants report full nervous and muscle relaxation with 22 hours quiet after the second treatment. The 28 year old matron was sneezing 15 times a minute at admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Albert Sanders
Jonesboro
Ark
Sanders
Boy Shot Brought Self to Temple Hospital Alone
Benjamin Spigel Jr., 13, of Philadelphia, appeared alone at Temple University Hospital after being accidentally shot in the leg. His friend applied a tourniquet and bandage, then rode a bus 10 miles to take his bicycle home while seeking transport for the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Benjamin Spigel Jr
Temple University Hospital
Spige
Successes and Failures of Israel Lessons Text
A religious study frames Israel’s history through Judges 2 6 16, urging adherence to God’s law as the path to blessing and warning that forgetting or forsaking God leads to judgment. It contrasts inheritance with active possession and warns Americans to remember God to avoid national decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
God
Joshua
America
Arnold
Cherry Basket Apron Pattern No 5739 Offered
To obtain complete applique pattern and apron pattern for the Cherry Basket Apron Pattern No 5739, sizes small medium and large, send 16 cents, your name, address and the pattern number. Due to high demand and war conditions, more time is needed to fill orders for popular patterns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Karts
Kurts
India
Logansport
Ind
Dee Shuck
Jay
Harold L. Lundquist
The
M Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
International c N Council of Operant Education
Armission
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
General Foods
Bourlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tena
Roe
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Kout Mountain
Okout Mountain
Tenn
Lookout Mountain Hotel
Jan Trrucolinn
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
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