Sicilian Campaign Memories From Sicily's Final Days
Hal Boyle recalls the Sicily invasion as U.S. and German forces clash across towns like railway cars. He lists places from Ragusa to Messina, notes desperate conditions, captured Italian prisoners, and Patton’s advance on Palermo, with watermelons and wine amid the war’s brutal shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Gela
Ragusa
Licata
Agrigento
Niscemi
Altagirone
Teir Island
Sicily
Maine
Tieally
Mediterranean
Aeschyas
Agathoceles
Chirst
Favara
Caltanisetta
Marsala
Trapani
Castelvetrana
Patton
Palerno
Sicilia
Troina
San Stefano
Brolo
Mt. Etna
Randazzo
Milazzo
Spadafora
Messina
Sicilian
Injured climber brought 2000 feet down Cathedral Spire
A climber with both legs broken fell 40 feet while roped to two companions on Cathedral Spire at Yosemite. Thirteen park rangers staged a 13 hour rescue from Baxter to the summit, with two rangers injured by a falling rock during stretcher transfer.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Cathedral
Baxter
San Francisco
Rangers
Ulf Rammi-Ericson
Stockholm
Larry Taylor
Oakland
Byrne Packard
Homer Robinson
Yard Party for Church Lights Set at Mountain View July 25
The WSCS of Mountain View Methodist church will hold a yard party at Friendly Grove community hall on July 25 to fund electric light installation in the church. If rain cancels, the event moves to Saturday night.
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WSCS
Mountain View
Mountain Falls
Friendly Grove
Across the Straits Towns Recalled as Railcar Memories
The passage recalls towns slipping past like railway cars across the Straits, leaving few memories behind and prompting reflection on what remains of those places now.
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Aly
Straits
Marshall Jessee Leaves O'Sullivans
Marshall Jessee, public relations director of the O'Sullivan Rubber Corp. in Winchester, resigns after since May 1943 to help his father-in-law run a dairy farm in Hamilton. He also edited The Kidder and handled publicity photography and was treasurer of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade.
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Marshall Jessee
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Winchester
Clarence Case
Hamilton
Jessee
the Kidder
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
O’sullivan’s
Palace Theatre
Johnson City
Tenn
Jacqueline
Marshall Blaine, Jr
Overlea Farms
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Reserve District No. 5
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Virginia
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Lee
Eeeeersst Bestere Liabilities
Corpostal
iSstate of
County of
Frederick
J. H. Yost
Cashier
Paul M. Haldeman
Mary G. Hershberger
O’sullivans
Bulova
Clowe's Jewelry Store
N. Loudoun St
Nesbitt Equipment Company
P. O
Calvert Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia
Order OF the Golden
Radio Magnavox
S. Loudonist
Jersey
Hats
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