Americans Repel Japanese Amphibious Attack Off Saipan
United States forces smashed a Japanese amphibious landing attempt south of Garapan on Saipan as 13 enemy barges were sunk by American armed landing craft. The action left Japanese casualties likely in the hundreds and continued fierce battles with Marines and Army units amid heavy shelling and consolidation efforts.
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William F. Tyree
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Garapan
Saipan Island
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Saipan
Marianas
Nimitz
Solomons
Navy
Cherbourg
21St Army Group
Americans Break Through Cherbourg Peninsula Advance
Allied forces led by the Ninth division carved a seven mile wide path across the Cherbourg peninsula cutting off 25 000 to 30 000 German troops in and around Cherbourg. The clash ended with a massacre of the German 77th division as Allied air power pursued retreating forces and widened the salient toward Bricquebec.
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Prize
Cherbourg
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ninth Division
Normandy
Barneville-Sur-Mer
France
77Th
Bricquebec
Ninth Air Force
Fifth and Eighth Armies Drive Toward Florence
British Eighth army pushed toward Perugia as German resistance stiffened on the Tyrrhenian front. Fifth army patrols report light opposition near Grosseto and near Rome with aims set on Florence. French forces tighten grip on Elba after landing with naval and air support, while Germans on the island resist staunchly.
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Florence
Rome
U.P
Perugia
Elba
Lake Trasimeno
Tyrrhenian
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Grosseto
Clark
Napoleon
Piombino
Italy
Port Piomino
Allies Drive on Base at Mogaung
Chinese and American troops pressed through monsoon rain to within one mile north of Mogaung, encircling the city and advancing toward the Japanese stronghold of Myitkyina. Stilwell’s Chinese forces captured Kamaung and moved to Gurknywa, while British air forces neared a railway bridge east of Mogaung as flame throwers pushed on Myitkyina from the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W
Stilwell
Kamaung
Gurknaywa
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Weather Outlook for Western Mountains and East Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers or thunderstorms over western mountains. Warmer conditions expected east of the continental divide.
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Continental Divide
American Planes Sink Five Jap Cargo Ships
Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific report American medium bombers sank five Japanese cargo ships and damaged six coastal vessels at Sorong harbor. MacArthur said a major raid on Sorong airfields destroyed about 50 enemy planes, signaling reduced Japanese air resistance ahead of the Marianas invasion.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Dutch New Guinea
Sorong Harbor
Truk
Marianas
Douglas MacArthur
Sorong
Jeffman
Samate
Berlin Robot Planes Rain Destruction Over Southern England
Adolf Hitler's winged robot planes attacked southern England with loud claims of horror and devastation. British fighters reported destroying several drones during the day as fires and blasts damaged hospitals and chapels. Casualties included ten killed at a southern location with ambulances aiding survivors and American troops assisting in debris clearance.
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London
Adolf Hitler
England
Berlin
Retail Merchants Exceed Bond Quotas In Fifth War Loan Drive
Silver Bow county nears the second week of the Fifth War Loan campaign with almost five million dollars. Butte Third Army retail program leads, charity retailers and clerks far over their weekly quotas. County totals reach $322,568.50 toward a $2,650,000 goal while retailers push to double sales. Third Army bonds amount to $191,291.35 against a $300 per clerk target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
Butte
Third Army
Treasury Department
J. S. Cohen
R. L. Ruhle
Russians Smash Mannerheim Line In Major Finnish Breakthrough
Soviet forces breached the western Mannerheim line and seized Koivisto as they pushed toward Viipuri. Across a 65 mile front from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga they captured over 100 towns in nine days, signaling a potential Finnish capitulation.
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London
U.P
Mannerheim Line
Koivisto
Viipuri
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Lake Ladoga
Karelian Isthmus
Mannheiiem
Tito and Subasic Reach Accord to Liberate Yugoslavia
In Bari Italy on June 18 Marshal Tito and the Royal Yugoslav government in exile announced an accord to help Yugoslavs liberate their country quickly. The talks, held June 14 to 17, formed a new cabinet under the royal government in exile and were kept secret at the site. Subasic said he would consult all resistance movements including Mihailovic after London talks.
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Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
National Liberation Committee
London
Subasic
Tito
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Mihailovic
Brozhidar Park
Patriotic Units Open Four Day Montana Convention
A four day Montana joint encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans and allied groups opened with memorial services in Legion hall. About 150 delegates and visitors filled the venue as units meet in separate halls for business sessions at the Leggat hotel. Garfield Donaldson presided, with invocations, memorial address, benediction and music provided by local clergy and chorus.
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Montana Department
United Spanish War Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Legion Hall
Treasure State
Leggat Hotel
Patriotic Hall
U. S. W. V. Auxiliary
Montana Power Company
J. J. Lynch
Garfield Donaldson
Butte
L. E. Jones
Norbert C. Hoff
Howard L. Fineberg
Cora L. Williams
Lee Shelton
John Ball
Evan Roberts
Dirk Day
Allied Bombers Hit German Oil Refineries In Major Strike
A 1300-strong force of U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked oil refineries in northwest Germany including Hamburg while German Luftwaffe did not oppose. Eleven aircraft missing. sorties supported by fighters, with further raids on Pas de Calais. The operation marked the largest four-engine bomber mission since D-Day.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Luftwaffe
U. S
Germany
Hamburg
Pas de Calais
Britain
Eighth Air Force
Berlin
Cherbourg
Omania
Strong Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area
A strong earthquake struck the Los Angeles metropolitan area at 5 03 Sunday afternoon. Downtown buildings rattled windows patients on the streets were knocked off stride. First reports indicate no property damage within the city proper.
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Los Angeles
Pounds Nazi Shipping in Attack on Boulogne
London report says Royal Air Force bombers in a 1,300 ton daylight attack on Boulogne Friday sank nine R-boats and wrecked or submerged seven other Nazi vessels in the harbor. The air ministry announced the results Sunday.
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London
U.P
Boulogne
Air Ministry
Americans Crush German Pocket in Cherbourg Invasion
American Ninth Division drives west to the sea in a three and a half day operation. Doughboys seal the Cherbourg peninsula coast and repulse a German counterattack near St Jacques de Nehou in one of the invasion’s bloodiest engagements. The corridor to the sea trapped German forces who fought to break out but were driven back by American fire power.
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Don Whitehead
Cherbourg Peninsula
Cherbourg Neek
Peninsula
Tle
Cherbourg
Barneville
St. Lo d’Ourville
St. Jacque de Nahou
St. Jacques de Nehou
St. Lo-d’Ourville
St. Jacques
Butte Sailor Wounded in Action During Invasion of France
Gunner's Mate Bernard W. Byrnes of Butte has been wounded in action. A veteran of North Africa and Sicily campaigns, Byrnes was last heard from in England and is believed to be injured in the France invasion. Navy confirms no details yet and will supply more information soon.
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Bernard W. Byrnes
Oregon Avenue
Navy Department
Butte
Sicily
England
France
Randall Jacobs
Byrnes
Navy
William Byrnes
Burlington
Germans Expect Second Phase of Allied Invasion
A Berlin war correspondent broadcasting from Normandy said large Allied shipping groups were off the French coast and the German high command believed the Allies planned the second phase of the invasion.
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London
Normandy
Berlin
French
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