Blood Plasma Saves Lives At Beachhead
Two Army lieutenants from North Dakota and Colorado heroically flew frozen blood to the Anzio beachhead near Rome under heavy anti aircraft fire. Lieuts. Papaee Lysne and Richard Blake delivered 390 pounds of blood, saving at least 12 wounded soldiers before returning with barely enough fuel.
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Rapido River
Cub
Anzio
Rome
Tyers
Lieuts
Papaee Lysne
North Dakota
Richard Blake
la Salle
Colo
Andy Froehlich
Mandan
N. J
Lysne
North Dakota State
Mercy Mission
Moon
Dick Blake
Mass burial for Maine coast shipwreck victims at Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Navy Yard cemetery marks its largest mass burial since the Spanish American War as victims of a British merchant shipwreck off Boon Island near York Maine are laid to rest. U S Navy officers British Admiralty and United Nations representatives attend the services.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Naval Services London
INL
Maine
Lloyd F. Shephard
Chaptain
Admiralty
United Nations
U.S. Marine Guard of Honor
Shephard
Thomas Withers
Con Oon Boon Island Ledge
York
Let Japs Raise Roses Says Marine
Marine Captain Wilfred LeFrancois, a Makin Island raid veteran, tells Chicago readers that Japanese soldiers should raise roses and cherry trees. He calls them not soldiers, cites propaganda and doped troops, and recalls the raid with Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt. The raid involved about 200 Marines over forty hours starting August 17, with outposts, radio stations, and installations targeted before withdrawal.
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Betty Zevnik
International News Service
Star
Chicago
Wilfred S. le- Francois
Watertown
N. Y
Makin Island
LeFrancois
Guadalcanal
James Roosevelt
Sailor recounts perilous withdrawal and service record
Captain LeFrancois described boats overturning in heavy surf during withdrawal. He noted his enlistment in 1930 to escape a merchandising job and listed service across Central America, China, and on the USS Quincy. He is unmarried.
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LeFrancois
Marines
Central America
China
USS
Quincy
Amy Will Discharge Rookie of 14 at Fort Dix
New York dispatch states Amy Will to discharge a 14 year old rookie private in two days. The ex soldier to be Pvt Alfred Rauschman of the fashion scene accompanies the Joneless Army unit.
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Amy
Society
New York
INS
Joneless
Fort Dix
Pvt
Alfred Rauschman
Forest Hills Boy Recalled from Army Enlistment
Forest Hills New York a boy who joined the Army last Monday was discharged after his mother telephoned Army officials Wednesday saying Please send my boy back home He is only 14 The case shows rapid action to reverse a late enlistment.
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Forest Hills
New York
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Beachhead
General Clark
Fifth Army
Ialso
John K. Cannon
Tactical Airforce
Froehlich
Clark
Lysme
Royal Rec
Cema
Warren Cook
Troy
John F. Knaupp
Fifth Ward
Montgomery
Boy
Tures
White Wolff
Montgomery Ward
Menands
Menands, N. Y
Marine
Haig
Haig Poe
Cleotch Sete
Niles Fe
Ray
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