Flank Attack Isolates Jap Garrisons
Washington reports a bold Pacific stroke into the Marshalls isolating thousands of Japanese troops on atolls including Wotje Jaluit and Maloelap. Despite losses to U S naval and air bombardment the garrisons are believed heavily entrenched. Admiral Nimitz says Kwajalein attack took the enemy by surprise and may signal a wider gain toward the Philippines.
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Washington
Marshal Islands
Marshall Group
Wotje
Jaluit
Maloelap
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Caroline Islands
Philippines
Central Pacific
Marshalls campaign shows success with flank attack approach
The campaign in the Marshalls uses a flank strategy after Tarawa lessons, with Nimitz choosing to neutralize atolls and strike behind them. The plan targeted Kawajalein and Roi, while direct assaults on Wotje Jaluit Maloelap were avoided, promising a decisive Pacific war impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
Nimitz
Wotje-Jaluit- Maloelap
Gilberts
Kawajalein
Roi
Atoll
Hoosick Falls Groups Highlight Local Style Show and Notices
Hoosick Falls events feature a style show by Hoosick Falls Van Rensselaer Chapter of O B O and styled models including Mrs Mildred Martin and others, with Mrs Fannie Percy as announcer and Mrs Lily Rudd at the piano. Community updates report births outpacing deaths in January, licenses issued, and a Noble & Wood Machine Co annual meeting with officers reelected. A St Hilda's Guild food sale supports the church, and tax collection progress shows $75,133.49 collected of $114,000 levy with penalties on unpaid amounts. A Red Cross knitting drive supplied 650 rifle mittens for Alaska service members. Washington Day planning for Van Rensselaer Lodge includes a dance to benefit the Masonic War Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Rensselaer Chapter
O. B
Mildred Martin
Dorothy Kincaid
Helen Chamberlain
Rose Pine
Avis Dorr
Allisom Reed
Carolyn Thomas
Marion Nesbitt
Margaret Whitter
Bernice van Dusen
Agnes Bratt
Betsey van Dusen
Fannie Percy
Lily Rudd
New York Power & Light Corp
St. Hilda's Guild
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
W. F. O'Hearne
Alice Dewey
Hoosac
American Red Cross
San Francisco
Alaska
van Rensselaer Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Masonic War Chest
Raymertown Social Notes Mixed with Lodge Installation
Raymertown broadcasts illness convalescence and social visits including Mrs. William Campbell and Mrs. Cortland Campbell hosting. Miss Minnie Bulson visits, repairs at Lewis Sprucks store, Adelbert Loux and Adeline visit Mason home, Mrs. Jola Wing injured, Karoll guests stay with Snyder, Odd Fellows Lodge officers installed by Abe Wolvns with a banquet by Golden Bay Rebekah Lodge. Alaska soldiers joke features wine and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Campbell
Cortland Campbell
Women’s Missionary Society
Minnie Bulson
Tamarack
Howard B. Tate
Lewis Sprucks
Adelbert Loux
Adeline
E. A. Mason
Jola Wing
Earl Wing
Alfred Karoll
Middleburg
M. C. Snyder
Snyder
Henrietta Holbritter
Karoll
Raymertown
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Abe Wolvns
Rensselaer
Noble Grand
Ernest Hayner
Waldo Brust
Carl Bulson
Milford Bornt
Frank Greene
Golden Bay Rebekah Lodge
Icelandic journalist vents on American fish bias
Benedikt Grondal of Reykjavik's People’s Paper, on leave in Cambridge Harvard study, criticizes U S fish. He recalls four tastings in Boston all poor. Grondal, 19, has five years in papers, edits foreign news and sports, with 11 year average age of city dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grondal
America
Boston
Cambridge, Mass
wPi
Iceland
Harvard
Benedikt Grondal
Reykjavik
Sergeant Displays Chestful of Medals at Hickham Field
Master Sergeant Claude R. Phillips of Oneida Tennessee now at Seventh Air Force Gunnery School shows a chest full of medals from his combat career as a bombardier in Flying Fortresses. He flew eighty missions totaling 60 combat hours with action over Midway Wake Island Guadalcanal the Coral Sea New Georgia and Bougainville. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross a Flying Cross Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal with two Clusters Silver Star and several overseas service medals.
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Hickham Field
Honolulu
INS
Claude R. Phillips
Oneida
Tenn
Phillips
Seventh Air Force Gunnery School
Midway
Wake Island
Guadalcanal
Coral Sea
New Georgia
Bougainville
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DEPT
By Galbraith
Georgie
Fakinest
Reese
Sadi
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
Modernella
Beauty Salon
Hoosick Falls
Floyd Taylor
Third Street
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
William F. O'Hearne
The
Noble & Wood Machine Co
W. Noble
Henry F. Cramer
Henry
Wallace E. Neuschwander
Warren P. Gooding
Fairbanks
U. S. Fish
New York
Sir Godfrey Haggard
S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Po A Custon
Ase Ial
New England
Lear
Maple Living
Kroehler
Lnain
Glens Falls
Saratoga
Mechanicville
Cohoes
Schenectady
Albany Amsterdam
Gloversville
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