Kamikaze Attacks Hit British Carrier Fleet In May Action
Eyewitness aboard a British carrier flagship off the Ryukyus recounts two Japanese suicide planes crashing into the deck within minutes. The first rammed the flight deck and exploded, the second clipped the island and plunged into the sea after damage from anti aircraft fire. Survivors recovered parts and a dog tag as souvenirs.
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E. G. Valens
Ryukyus
Sir Philip L. Vian
Lso
Kamekazi
Pvt Wallace Assigned To Duty In French Camp
Pvt Wallace of Tucson is assigned as maintenance specialist at Camp Baltimore the first U S Army redeployment camp in northeastern France. He belongs to the 398th engineer general service regiment which fought in the Moselle sector during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Pvt
Ray Wallace
Lincoln Street
Tucson
Camp
Baltimore
U. S. Army
France
Pvt. Wallace
398Th Engineer General Service Regiment
Moselle River
Group Calls Local Draft Board No 2 for Physicals
Local draft board No. 2 releases a roster of men to be examined pre induction into the armed forces. The list includes Lloyd Harris, William Andrews, Henry Nordmeyer, Robert MacCaughtry, Fred Mitchell, Camilo Bravo, Carl Frey, Tony Zepeda Jr., Richard Smith, Ernest La Blue, Mark Brand, Ralph Grissom, John Steiger, Edward Bryant, Alvin Sweitzer, Reynaldo Rodriguez, Jose Alvarez Jr., T. G. Thompson, Charles Phillips, Ramon Mills, Dwight Perry, Norman Wagner, Roderick Smith, Robert Ross, Paul Devereux, Gilbert Moreno, Vicente Diaz, Frank Hart, Manuel Paredes, Jack Blake, Matthew Gibson Jr., Frank Sharman, Anson Voorhees, Harvey Nelson, Carl Segerstrom, Walter Scott, Armando Rodriguez, Lewis Rich, Chen Tung, Jack Carnahan, Raymond Harland, Lloyd Westman, John Nordin Jr., Leo Marrett, Theodore Tenny and Clarence Wisek.
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Harvey Jack*Nelson
Carl Segerstrom
Walter Gibson
Scott
Armando Bustamante Rodriguez
Lewis Marvin Rich
Chen Dao Tung
Jack Davis Carnahan
Raymond Virgil Harland
Lloyd Edgar Westman
John Edward Nordin, Jr
Leo Leroy Marrett
Theodore Roosevelt Tenny
Clarence Eugene Wisek
Brig. Gen. Francis H. Oxx Commands Peninsular Base Unit
Sergeant Stockwell, in service since April 1943, served 18 months with the peninsular base in Italy under Brig. Gen. Francis H. Oxx of Newport, R. I.
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Francis H. Oxx
Newport
R. L
Stockwell
Italy
Rise in Deaths of Pedestrians Alarms Arizona
Phoenix June 7. The Arizona state highway patrol warns that pedestrians are dying at a rising rate with 37 pedestrian fatalities by auto in 1945 so far, against 51 for all of 1944. An educational campaign will issue English and Spanish cards outlining four safety rules to reduce deaths.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
State Highway Patrol
Kingman Man Fined $200 in Federal Court
Joseph Bonelli of Kingman was fined $200 by Judge Albert M. Sames after pleading guilty to interfering with a federal officer S B Christian deputy collector of internal revenue for the district of Arizona. Bonelli was charged with verbally abusing the officer.
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Prescott
Joseph Bonelli
Kingman
Albert M. Sames
S. B. Christian
Internal Revenue
District of Arizona
Bonelli
8th Air Fleet Returns From Europe Over Atlantic Route
Brig Gen Lawrence Fritz announced that 11 049 crew members and 688 combat bombers of the eighth air force had returned from Europe via the ATC North Atlantic route in the past two weeks. The flow averaged 32 men per hour and one plane every 29 minutes, 24 hours daily.
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New York
Lawrence Fritz
North Atlantic
Army Transport Command
Eighth Air Force
Europe
ATC
Planes damaged as flight halted at Bradley Field
On Thursday June 7 1945 officials reported no injuries to personnel and only one aircraft damaged after flights terminated at Bradley Field Windsor Locks Connecticut. The statement notes all operations ended with no further incident.
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Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Conn
Draft Not Worrying Nine Grads, Theyre Vets
Nine young men from Temple University High School are drafted and express no concern about service. They are prepared to serve while balancing academic commitments and future plans. The piece notes the impact of the draft on graduates entering military duty.
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Philadelphia
Temple University High School
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