Yanks at Home Abroad Bring Tales From Erikousa and Panama
A field report blends personal memoir and brief lessons from World War II. Greek exile Anastasios Katechis hopes to reunite with his family and emigrate to the United States while Panamanian Spanish instructor Dave Cardoza guides GIs in practical phrases and cultural missteps.
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Rinidad
Italy
Albania
Erikousa
T-4
Anastasios S. Katechis
Trinidad
Katechis
Greece
States
U. S
Anama
Dave Cardoza
U.S. Army
Dave
Panama
Amiguita
Sarong Shortage Drives Exchanges in Ellice Islands
Letters from home reveal requests for dry goods and cloth as Ellice Islanders trade lava-lavas for noncurrency items. Soldiers report a cloth shortage causing a single price of three yards per lava-lava, worth about $1 in the States, while locals demand fabric over money.
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Ellice Islands
Robert V. Fleming
Los Angeles
Calif
Mid-Ocean
States
Smallest naval base found 200 miles from water in Alaska
West Pocket Pearl Harbor Oath of the Arctic describes an emergency landing on a frozen river sandbar in Alaska. The Navy camp houses L. J. Lyng COM from Palo Alto, the last of a five Seabees party and two officers. Others listed include R. N. Grunigan Death Valley, P. R. Reed Pasadena, R. W. Delaney Ada, L. G. Gaartz Minneapolis, and Lt. (jg) G. E. Woodward Uplands with Lt. W. T. (truncated).
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Oath
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Arctic
Navy
L. J. Lyng Com
Palo Alto
Calif
Lyng
R. N. Grunigan
Death Valley
P. R. Reed
Pasadena
R. W. Delaney
Ada
Okla
L. G. Gaartz
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Woodward
Uplands
W. T
D Day Veteran Pfc Gerand T Robert Returns to Front
Four months after landing in Normandy Pfc Gerand T Robert of Springfield Massachusetts remains at the front. He then receives a three day leave to an infantry rest home behind the lines where a Signal Corps cameraman captures his joy testing the bed softness.
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Normandy
D-Day
Gerand T. Robert
Springfield
Mass
Signal Corps
Pfc
Robert
Photo credits list from wartime Signal Corps collection
A compact caption sheet enumerates photo credits across a World War II era collection. Credits include Signal Corps at various locations such as Acme agency, U S Navy, Wright Field Dayton Ohio, AAFTC Sioux Falls, Camp Reynolds Pa, AAFS Greenwood Miss, and personnel like Sgt. Bob Ghie and Sgt. Bill Young.
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Signal Corps
Acme
U. S. Navy
Lou Stoumen
British Information Services
Bob Ghie
Bill Young
Seft
Oil Ferris
Accme
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
AAFTC
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Lower
ASF
Camp Reynolds
AAFPS
Greenwood
Miss
Walter Thornton
Upper
Great Ketchup Mystery on Angaur in Saipan Town
US troops on Angaur found a shed stacked with bottles labeled Tomato Catsup. An MP guarded the store as soldiers speculated the sauce was used as flavoring for rice sacks or simply that the Japanese liked ketchup.
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Ngaur
Palau Islands
Saipan
Angaur
Suicide Hill
Island voting proves Adam wins ballot on tiny post
Sgt. Adam Slawoniewski, a weather observer on Ascension Island, becomes the world’s lone service voter. After Lt Col Arthur Simpson requested a ballot, a proxy application from Albany allowed a lengthy chain of deliveries. The British governor witnessed the signature and sent back the ballot. it traveled by boat and airmail to Albany and back, and Adam cast his vote despite single-man station limits.
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South Atlantic
Adam
Army
Adam Slawoniewski
Syracuse
N. Y
Arthur R. Simpson
Chicago
Ascension Island
Col. Simpson
Albany
Ascension
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Sgt
Joe Hanley
Eto
Cpl
Ruby Newell
Long Beach
Pearl Harbor
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