Midway Now Vital Base for Submarines
A 1940s era survey of Midway Atoll details its rise as a submarine base. Captains Jayne and O Regan led transformation from barren sand to a repair and rest hub for crews. The Navy leveraged Midway to disrupt Japanese shipping and strengthen Pacific reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
Richard O'Malley
UPA
Japan
Aupuly Hines
Pacific
Gerd Dures
Navy Department
John KW. Jayne
New Canaan
Conn
William Kk. O'Regan
Daven
Jayne
Midway Shipyard Roles Highlight Navy Submarine Work
The article details Midway Island as a repair and refit hub for submarines, with Lt. J. Jayne directing installation work and crews from multiple locations supporting torpedo repair, testing, and maintenance. It notes housing, a hospital, and athletics programs for submarine crews, plus nightly serenades as ships arrive and depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lute
Midway
Jayne
Annapolis
Aleutians
Bertha Pearl Harbor
States
Esseanger
C. W. Wilkins
Thorofare
N. J
J. & Kelley
R.D
Star‘tion
New London
Conn
L. T. & Barnard
Averill Park Notables Share Family Visits and Church Events
Averill Park residents and relatives from Hoosick Falls and Castletonon theHudson visited family—Harry Bags and Mrs. Edward Bass hosted gatherings. Lawrence Barnum and Charles Wilkins Jr. spent weekends with parents. Vacation church school workers met at the parsonage led by Mrs. Mary Hirkpatrick. The Good Cheer Class held a supper and disbanded July and August meetings. Mrs. Harry Bass hosted a homecoming for Edward Sharkey after service in the South Pacific. A regional reunion drew guests from Hoosick Falls, Peterburg, Pittsfeld, Troy, and the village. Prices for apples, potatoes, prunes, and lard show notable increases since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bass
Hoosick Falls
Harry Bags
John J. Price
Castleton-on-thhe-Hudson
Perry
Lawrence W. Barnum
A. A
Lakehurst
N. J
and Airs
William Barnum
Charles Wilkins
Philadelphia
Mary Hirkpatrick
Charles A. Smith
Harry Bass
Edward Sharkey
South Pacific
Peterburg
Pittsfeld
Titica
Troy
Haskell School to Sponsor Two War Jepps
Haskell School through the Parent-Teacher Association has purchased bonds and stamps worth enough for two Jeeps under the Seventh War Loan drive. The jeep will bear a school plate and name as purchaser. Students have raised over $5 600 in bonds and stamps this school year. Sales occur each Thursday under Mrs Barnard Ma Hone. Plans for next year and a budget were discussed at a meeting at Mrs Raeburn Myers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hestel School
I. Way
Barnard MaHone
War Aon
Raeburn Myers
Rabbi Lesser to Speak on Ethical Precepts at Third Street Temple
Regular Sabbath services will be held this evening at the Third Street Temple with Rabbi Charles S. Lesser in charge. Selic tob s will be read from the Ethics of the Fathers and Rabbi Lesser will deliver a brief sermon on the modern application of some of the precepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street Temple
Charles S. Lesser
Rabbi Lesser
Death by Own Action Sinking of U S Destroyer and Carrier Attack
A wartime report details a Japanese air attack sinking a U S destroyer following a death by own action aboard the ship. The narrative notes casualties, a near simultaneous attack on the cruiser Nashville and subsequent damage from a kamikaze or bomber strike, with destruction amid inaction aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rapidis
Mannert
Okinawa
Naz
Mindore
Nashville
Atlas
Che Abele
Plese
Awa
Abele
Daka tomb projectile described from aircraft in wartime report
A damaged wartime note describes a beamed projectile launched from a plane termed a low mid-wing monoplane with rounded wing tips. Crew members on the vessel Abegle were trapped and many died as the ship sank after Japanese planes dropped bombs near a liferaft.
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Army
Navy
Air ‘Corps
America
Peront Volley
Pppescazise
Trojan Post
V. FW
Annex
State and Nations
Martin G. Shea
Hudson Park
Schenectady
Patel
ID. HL Jones
Charleston
N.C
Yeoman
Kenneth L Horter
South Gate
Cal
Goodlyvear
Wiles
Goodyear
Goodzyear
Fourth Street
Averill Park
William Graber
Anna Graber
2219
Sixth Avenue
Caudon
France
Breattisk
704Th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Haskell School
Sarathy
Hollywood Seibal Shof and Milliners
U.S
Lothery Swan
Billy
Simmons
Whitehill’s
Whitehill
STEEL
Kroehler
Boudoir
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