Troy Soldier Recalls Okinawa Invasion Preparations
Veteran Lt Harry O. Lee describes Marine Third Amphibious Corps operations before and during the Okinawa assault. He led LVTs ashore as enemy flak curtains burst, noting the invasion felt like a football game and no U.S. casualties from enemy action were observed in his unit. He highlights fear for the men and the plucky sea-to-shore advance.
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Harry 0. Lee
Trey
Southwest Pacific
Okinawa
Matthew M. Dunse
Amphibious Tractor Battalion
Marine Third Amphibious Corps
LVT
C. G
French Obstruction of Allied Drive in Stuttgart Report
Allied reports say the French First Army blocks a southeast push near Stuttgart as tensions rise over postwar zones in Southwest Germany. Supreme Headquarters notes the move is part of broader French aims for Saarland and Rhine belt policing, while world delegates gather in San Francisco.
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Paris
First Army
Studtgart
Seighith Arty Group
Wwyerttemberg
French Council of Ministers
France
Germany
U. S. Seventty
Jacko L. Devers
Saarland
cross-Rhine
Ruhr
Lake Constance
Stuttgart
San Francisco
Supreme Headquarters
Doris Ames Gunny of South Pacific Red Cross Club
In the South Pacific a Red Cross club leader, Doris Ames, nickname Gunny, oversees decor and activities after twenty months overseas. Her brother Sgt Sherman Elames Jr.. a Marine gunnery sergeant praised by peers, may become sergeant major after another six months. William Herald, son of Walter Herald, is wounded in Italy and hospitalized at Scott Field.
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Doris Ames
South Pacific
Miss Ames
Saratoga Springs
Hed Cross Club
South Pacific Island
Red Cross
Leatherneck
Corpa
Sherman Elames, Jr
Guadalcanal
States
William Herald
Ion
Walter Bereld
Eighth Street
Army Hospital
Scott Field
Italy
Urban area auto accidents rise and fall in February report
A February 1944 traffic report shows Troy and other urban centers recording 37 accidents with 46 injuries, while rural New York totaled 913 accidents with 34 deaths and 1834 injuries. Comparisons note fewer injuries in some towns and no fatalities in several, while overall urban accidents outside Greater New York numbered 1,211.
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Idis
Troy
Tare Bureau of
Jared
Heveg
Nore
Raessselagr
Abbasy
Sarstage Springs
Schenectady
Watervile
Greater
New York
Fifteenth Army To Occupy Reich
The 15th Army will take over the U S sector of Germany, with military government officers stating there will be no pampering of Germans. Southern Germany will be occupied as Third Seventh and French First Armies push forward. German civilians face a diet reduced to about 1150 calories daily, with limited rations and policy to feed Germans first, then displaced persons and others awaiting repatriation.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
15Th Army
U. S
Germany
1Th
Leonard T Gerow
Europe
Thomas J Moroney
Dewuas
Tex
Gerow
Plan Card Party for Palestine Chapter at Masonic Temple
Palestine Chapter C EL 3 will hold a card party this evening at the Lansingburg Masonic Temple. Mrs Camilla Johansen and Mrs Gladys Peterson are chairmen and reservations are to be made through them.
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Palestine
C. EL 3
Lansingburg
Camilla Johansen
Gladys Peterson
Skunk With Glass Collar Sparked Curious Find in North Adams
In North Adams Massachusetts Anthea Lors reported a skunk killed this week wearing a glass collar that resembled a diamond necklace. The collar formed as the animal, while small, wedged its head into a fort during an attempt to catch a rabbit. The struggle broke the collar but left a glass ring around the neck.
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Anthea
North Adams Mass
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Broderick Place
Ata
Ash
Re Get
Mohican Co
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Walter Zelenke
Congress Street
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AAA
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Oklo
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Atlantic City
Pacific
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Fort Bragg
N. C
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Second Avenue
Herman David Repp
Ninth Avenue
George Tellalian
Best Avenue
Naval Hospital
Oahu
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Lancaster Street
Albany
Ruth M. Hawley
Consters Street
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Asseritio
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Watervliet
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Church Street
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Mass
Euroge
Cpl
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S15
England
N.Y
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Fred Coonley
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Hobbs Army Field
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Ken
Worm
Rheads General Hospital
Utica
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Fake Precid Club
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Behr-Manning
Dayor
Troy Coca Cola
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ETG
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Belgium
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RAF
Vieigent D. Sheeran
Pader
Bgland
73Rd
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Johnson
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Troy Business College
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Personal Finance CO
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Fifteenth Army
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Army
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