British U Boats Sink 31 Ships in Mediterranean
British submarines sank 31 Axis ships in recent operations in the Mediterranean bay area including two large supply vessels and a munition ship bound for Crete. Seven merchantmen were damaged and several shore targets on Italian and south French coasts and Crete were shelled. The U S Navy reported 16 more Japanese merchant ships sunk, totaling 589.
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London
Tve
Mediterranean
Bai
U.S. Navy Department
Big Treck
Crete
Italan
Admiralty
France
Memorial Day Address at Stonewall Cemetery Winchester Va 1944
A Memorial Day program at Stonewall Cemetery Winchester opened with band music and prayers led by Rev R B Nelson and a speaker praising Major A Willis Robertson for his lineage in Jamestown Society and Civil War service. Robertson's long family history connects to Turner Ashby Morgan and Winchester defense, ending with a pledge to win peace after World War II.
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City Hall
Stonewall Cemetery
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Congressman Robertson
Major Robertson
Jamestown Society
Jamestown Island
Isaac Willis
Archie
Fort Myer
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Army of Virginia
Virginia Daughters of the Confederacy
Norfolk
Robertson
Winchester
Edward
A. Willis Robertson
Stonewall Memorial Association
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Virginia
Jerusalem
G. F. R. Henderson
Stonewall Jackson
Washington
South
Colonel Henderson
Daniel Morgan
Mount Hen
Morgan
Ashby
Leacher Ashby
Jackson
Henderson
Ladies of
Dan Morgan
Long Rifles
Women of
Second Virginia
Halltown
Harpers Ferry
Philip Williams
A. H. H. Boyd
Memorial Association
Boyd
Mary Kurtz
Tillie Russell
Lucy Williams
Red Cross
Robert Y. Conrad
Meuse-Argonne
Beverley Byrd
Europe
Paradise
Thomas A. Ashby
Russia
Japan
Mason
George Washington
Frenchmen Enthused Over Invasion
Algiers reports eager French crowds and Allied troops marking the invasion of western Europe as a great step toward liberation. Officials expect the Maquis to strike German lines behind the beaches, disrupt command posts, and sever rail communications.
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Algiers
Europe
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Goodrich
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Safeway
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Core
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Nour
Gardenside Standard
Canterbury Black Tea
Lipton
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Stew Maeat
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