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Yank in New York, New York

26 Aug 1942

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Yank

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New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1942

Page

4

Bomber pilot Meyer Levin and war years trials

The article recounts Cpl. Meyer Levin of Brooklyn and his bomb sight exploits in December 1941 including a sinking of a large Japanese passenger cargo ship during a Coral Sea convoy and his dramatic bailout landing on an ant hill. It also notes Lt Gen Strafer Gott and his desert campaign, his death, free laundry anecdotes, and a reference to the Atlantic Charter and Roosevelt's message to Churchill on its first anniversary.

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Colin Kelly Cpl Meyer Levin Brooklyn Philippines Levin Java Australia Strafer Gott William Claude Auchinleck Rommel South Pacific Wallace McAnulty San Diego Se McAnulty McAnulty Prince of Wales Churchill United States Great Britain Pearl Harbor Singapore Dutch East Indies Roosevelt United Nations
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Tea drinking and jungle combat in global war updates

Wartime notes describe tea fuel improvised by American tank crews in the Alamein area and a bold forecast for Chinese air power with Allied and RAF support. Port Moresby fighting in New Guinea tests jungle warfare as soldiers endure extreme densest foliage and perilous patrols. Hands off politics orders restrain US troops in India after Gandhi’s arrest amid Congress tensions.

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Ma Alamein Egypt Bill Bailey Grant Tommy Jerry United Nations Port Moresby New Guinea U.S India Mohandas K. Gandhi National Party Congress
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Africa Japan Desert Tobega Panama Canal Punjab G. I. Joe PUP Rts Watkins China Ho Kuo-kwang A.V.G U. S. Army Chungking R.A.F Max Oxford Tokyo United States Army Air Forces Sot Dave Breger
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