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Newspaper
Yank
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1942
Page
2
The report notes WAACS are tired after a first drill week, some shopping in Des Moines, others seeking hotel rooms with a soft mattress. Four Californians dined in a hotel, asking for fine linen and glassware, while commanders praise the women's eagerness and initiative.
London dispatch reports the War Office urging men to keep devotion to duty over personal entanglements as marital infidelity and family strife are cited as weakening morale and fighting spirit. The message laments wives leaving husbands and children in care, urging improved conduct amid wartime strain.
HONOLULU reports the local unit faced a three day simulated battle against a determined foe. They used gas, tanks, paratroops and dive bombers in training that echoed the Philippines campaign. The players survived the ordeal and returned ready to fight further.
Wartime dispatch sketches air and ground actions across Melborne and Pacific fronts. Price reports Zero fighters circling Allied bombers then being driven off. Pryor shoots down a Zero. In the Pacific, Japanese landings press against U.S. lines on multiple fronts as U.S. forces regroup, counterattack along Little Burma Road and in jungle hills with tanks planes and artillery.
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