Young Yank Captain Leads Aachen Firefight
Captain Gilbert Fuller of Dudiow Virginia commands a mortar team in Aachen as he uses heavy fire to drive German defenders from cellars and streets. His cheerful leadership and rapid mortar exchanges keep U.S. troops advancing and suppress enemy fire. His assistant Louis Chase of Springfield is praised as the best mortarman in the U S Army with two guns and twenty men under his command.
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Aachen
Gilbert Hi
Fulter
Dudiow
Calaty
Fuller
Pecause
Jheven’s
Lous Chase
Springfeld
U. S. Army
Painting Town Red With Catsup Gone Wrong
Reports from Rotterdam describe an odd incident as a group attempted a playful stunt at night using catsup. The plan backfired with property damage and several houses affected by splattered sauce and broken items. Local responders and residents assess the messy aftermath.
Noted Danish Leaders Reported Jailed
Stockholm reports a German terror wave aimed at crushing the Danish underground. Prominent resistance leaders including Mogens Fog are said killed or captured. Gestapo herds Danes in Stockholm and drives refugees to Sweden. The Sept 19 police force dismissal allegedly deepens disorder as Germans seek control and crackdown.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Nazis Bd
Mogens Fog
Teader
Danish Freedom Council
Drwerks
Copenhagen
Sweden
Combat Reporter Kohn Killed in France Near Montelimar
U S Seventh Army reports combat correspondent Sgt Alfred C Kohn of Miami Beach Florida was killed by German machine gun fire in the Rhone Valley while driving a captured vehicle He previously served as night city editor of the St Petersburg Times and managed the Rome edition of Stars and Stripes He was the second Stars and Stripes correspondent killed in Europe this year The other was Gregor Duncan He received the Silver Star for his actions in battle
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U. S. Seventh Army
France
Alfred C. Kohn
Miami
Beach
Finn
Stars and Tripes
Rhone Valley
Kohn
Riviera
Montelimar
Sta. Petersburg
Rome
Stars. and Stripes
Stars and Stripes
Europe
Gregor Duncan
Rame
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5Th Ave
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Tone Laboratory
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Knowlson
Broadway
Frears
Gale
Papa
Fulton Street
Boxs
Bose Bie
Siva
Maxe
Corday
Lovely Chatham
Fredri
BoPeee
Vaysons
Jayson
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