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Newspaper
Yank
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1942
Page
5
The Army Weekly reports Alaska’s northbound cargo ships feeding a new railroad terminus as a 2.48 mile tunnel nears completion. Soldiers in hard hats ride muck trains through an electrified, ice-filled passage, while Sourdoughs expect a decade wait to greet the second rail terminus and faster traffic to move goods from the states.
The tale centers on Sgt. Donald O. Spaulding of Rexburg Idaho who ordered a grave for a fallen enemy after salvaging a crashlanded Japanese plane. Spaulding, with Cpl. Y Hotta and 14 Navy men, confronted the lifeless pilot’s remains and faced threats to his own life, yet insisted on a soldier’s funeral for the foe. The account references Corregidor service, Castner’s Cutthroats, and All-Alaska Combat Intelligence Scouts as part of the chaotic salvage operation in the Aleutians.
In Algiers a Japanese airman died after a forced landing when his plane struck, its oil line open. US sailors and Marines laid him to rest with a Navy prayer, lupin and cotton flowers, a cross-board grave marker, and a somber tribute while salvaging the aircraft.
Center Task Force medical unit rushed to Oran forming an evacuation hospital with 47 officers 51 nurses and 318 enlisted men. They carried drugs bandages and instruments to start work immediately amid poor sanitation and supply gaps. Dr George Sicard and nurse Sister Denis aided Yank wounded prisoners, restoring care despite chaos.
A garbled report hints at a military or unit scene in Alaska with mention of a sergeant named Furst Sarge and a list of scattered names. The text shows a harried officer calling roll and references to unfamiliar roster items, suggesting a fragmented war time mood.
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