Emmons Sinks After Kamikaze Attack Off Okinawa
Survivor accounts describe the destroyer minesweeper Emmons taking at least 17 Japanese planes in a battle off Okinawa on April 6. Five suicide planes hit the ship, others were shot down, and the vessel finally sank by gunfire. Lt Cmdr Eugene N Foss, badly burned, led the damaged ship as crews fought fires and tried to restore control before abandonment. 121 officers and crew survived unhurt.
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James A. Maclean
Okinawa
Emmons
Pearl Harbor
North Africa
Normandy
France
Pacific
Foss
Eugene N. Foss
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Pact with Germany and Italy dominates shadowed diplomacy
A fragment from a diary recounts Mussolini and Hitler solidifying their alliance, British envoy Loraine’s tense Rome visit, and Italy’s push toward a long peace while warning of British encirclement tactics. It notes Albania’s regime, Goebbels and Goering mood, and hints at broader regional bets.
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Monaco
Iitalian
Percy Loraine
Rome
Lord Perth
Loraine
Milan
von Lobentrop
Italy
Shiratori
Berlin
Tokyo
Albania
Il Duce
Greece
Ribbentrop
Noth
Germany
Japan
Russia
Fuehrer
Mediterranean
Balkans
Hitler
Sigrid von Lappus
Goering
Mackensen
France
Great Britain
Percy Lorraine
Tr Duce
Europe
Britain
Duce
Chamberlain
von Mackensen
Clifton Man Renamed To League Trusteeship
Corpus Christi Texas June 21 Arnulfo Zamora of Laredo Texas elected president general of the League of United Latin American Citizens at the closing session of its convention Houston will be the 1946 convention city A R Rios of Inslow Arizona elected a truster S A Morales of Clifton Arizona was reelected trustee
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Arnulfo Zamora
Laredo
League of United Latin American Citizens
Houston
A. R. Rios
Inslow
Ariz
S. A. Morales
Clifton, Ariz
Fliers Sink 3 Jap Ships But Lose U S Liberator
Advanced Aleutian base report says Liberators and Mitchells of the 11th air force sank three Japanese cargo vessels and damaged four more in two days of strikes near the Kuriles. One Liberator was shot down off Paramushiru with nine crew lost.
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Aleutian
L1th Air Force
Kuriles
Paramushiru
Personal Planes Given To Two U S Generals
A large four engine plane for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower has been delivered to the Army by Douglas Aircraft company for personal use. The craft mirrors the late President Roosevelt’s interior and matches the MacArthur plane with sleeping quarters a galley conference room and a desk.
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U. S
Santa Monica
Calif
Gen
Dwight
Eisenhower
Douglas Aircraft Company
Roosei
Douglas MacArthur
Canned Cheese From Buffalo Milk For Indian Troops
A report notes that canned cheese destined for India’s fighting men is produced using buffalo milk. The item is part of wartime provisioning and reflects food supply efforts for soldiers abroad.
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India
Vichy Minister Dent Sentenced to Death in Absentia
The Associated Press reports Marcel Dent, a Vichy state minister and ally of Pierre Laval, was sentenced to death in absentia in Paris on Monday. The AP dispatch was captured by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Associated Press
Marcel Dent
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Paris
Federal Communications Commission
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Numdah Rugs
Axminster
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OPA
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