Armed Forces Gain Much In One Year
Marie Foley reflects on a year of World War II progress as Christmas 1944 nears. The piece notes advances from the Pacific to Europe, including Rome, Normandy, and multiple Pacific campaigns, urging homefront resolve and caution against excessive optimism while hoping for peace by the next holiday.
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France
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Italy
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China
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Saipan
Marianas
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Palau
Philippines
USO to Ship 20 Tons of Goods to Army Navy Camps
The USO announced it will ship twenty tons monthly of items from ping pong balls to juke boxes and PA systems to Army and Navy camps worldwide. The consignments include 400000 writing paper sheets and envelopes 8000000 Christmas seals 10000 religious kits and various games and books.
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New York
USO
Pearl Harbor veteran Peck cited for distinguished unit badge
December notes Captain Peck, a University of Arizona graduate and former Bowman Dairy salesman in Chicago, earned the Distinguished Unit Badge with bronze cluster as a member of a veteran group with two presidential citations. He flew over 145 combat missions against Austria, Germany, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Italy after enlisting January 1942 and promotion to first lieutenant last May. His mother, Mrs. R. B. Peck, resides in Tucson.
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UA Grad Wins Promotion Two Times In Year
Robert B. N. Peck of Tucson Arizona has been promoted to captain while serving as staff officer for a B 24 Liberator bombardment group in Italy. The announcement was made by Col James B Knapp, group commander, in San Antonio Texas. Peck went overseas earlier this year.
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Italy
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Ariz
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San Antonio
Tex
Peck
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