China Detail Dates U S Sailors Assisted by Chinese Troops
TAL BOYNE Sheinghil reports on U S Navy sailors in Formosa and North China where joint operations with Chinese Central Government troops influence attitudes. Lt Dale Boles, commander of an LST, recalls two hits on Chinese troops and reflects on differences between land forces and naval crews. The narrative weaves personal history of Boles from Missouri to Kansas and notes his transfer from active duties to legal affairs, with references to family and routine duties as life ashore.
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Veteran recounts wartime voyages and life aboard ships
The excerpt recalls operations against Japanese planes and battles in the Philippines and Okinawa, plus memory of shepherding Chinese troops to Formosa. Boley describes seasickness, dysentery fears, rice cooking on deck, and cramped quarters for hundreds of troops, with officers and families aboard and a wardroom turkey dinner amid mutating duties.
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Philippines
Okinae
Formosa
Boley
Yanks Stranded At Jap Airfield
Three bewildered American airmen are stranded at Atsugi airfield after their C47 cargo plane with 6th Transport Squadron broke up during flight from Leyte to Atsugi. They slept by the wreck, scoured for parts, and finally found help in Leyte. One crewman questions where the 666th has gone as they curl up in a basement and seek food.
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Lotohamt CP
Atsugi
Ant Feld
Leyte
Osha
Atsu
Carl Schaefer
Robert Lancaster
Glenn Flam
Amit
Sirs Schaefer
Carter
Chaefer
Gripsholm Arrives With 1994 Refugees
The Sweden bound liner Gripsholm arrives with 194 repatriates from the Mediterranean ports. The passengers include retirees from Egypt and Italy and others from Alexandria Cairo Alexandria and Naples. They are off to join destinations in the United States.
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Fereey
Mripsholm
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Cairo
Salama
Piraey Garie
Naples
Italy
Mar
Truman to Spend Three Days at Home for Christmas Visit
President Truman plans a three day Christmas visit to Missouri for a family gathering. He will depart Washington by plane on Christmas Day at 8 00 am Eastern Time and return from Kansas City Friday morning. After returning to Washington he will begin work on the annual state of the Union message to Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
White House
Charles G Rosa
Hansas City
Ross Sald
Congress
President's holiday trip with family and aide near Kansas City
The President will travel with Brig Gen Harry H Vaughn and one personal aide who will not accompany him most of the time. Vaughn plans to visit his mother near Kansas City, highlighting the personal nature of the trip with family and close friends.
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Ross
Bomb Made Harmless In Croydon Lumber Yard Collapse
British Army engineers rendered harmless a German bomb unearthed five years after it fell in a Croydon lumber yard. The device, buried about 40 feet underground, had been a neighborhood menace until its removal.
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London
Croydon
Public Taste for Apple Flavor Grows in Michigan
Grand Rapids readers note rising demand for apples in processing and soda fountain uses. Michigan horticultural society members discuss fruit products and potential by products as the industry expands. Community meetings set to fund a project at Pontine South Haven Hart and Avaverne City to support apple essences and by products.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Michigan Horticultural Society
Roy E. Marshall
Michigan State
Businessman's Association
Pontine
South Haven
Hart
Aravern
Towns lights go on again after 23 years in St Nazlanz
In St Nazlanz, after 23 years without street lighting, electricity was restored following a storm in 1922 that had disrupted the system. The reactivation marks a long-awaited return of illumination to the town, signaling recovery from the outage and a step toward normalcy for residents.
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St Nazlanz, Wie
St Nazlanz
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