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Newspaper
Yank
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1942
Page
4
Air crew describe a Mediterranean strike on Tripoli harbor with bombs hitting ships by the breakwater. They observe fires, smoke plumes, and a destroyed Axis warehouse district as American bombers press the attack. A subsequent wave reports a blasted vessel tearing across the harbor.
YANK's Bermuda correspondent Vadala recalls a mixed Army career starting with a March 1941 draft, time at Fort Snelling, and a post with Louis Prima. He paints vivid scenes of Mitch's Café, Twin Cities nightlife, and the quirky characters of Squaretown, reflecting a tough yet humorous view of military life and training through a musician's lens.
Sgt. William Hagedorn, 31, New Ulm Minnesota, Army baker at an India China air transport base, stayed calm during a bombing alert. He retrieved his gas mask, rescued pink iced chocolate marble cakes from the ovens, and returned to the bombed kitchen, where the cakes were later ruined by troops. Hagedorn has served two years at Camp Robinson and Scott Field before this assignment.
A fragmented guide from a northern Alaska scene advises soldiers to sleep in a bed roll curled up with the top fastened to fend off cold and germs. It notes sleeping in a bed involves changing position roughly every 24 hours and downplays worries about bed instability.
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