Yanks at Home Abroad in World War II Dispatch
A 1944 field report highlights Second Battle of the Philippine Sea and Fifth Army Italy stories. Ensign Jess L. Curtright dodged Japanese fire, landed among warships, and survived multiple strafing runs aboard a Wildcat. Other notes describe improvised war work and comic relief by servicemen, including birthing aid by Pvt. George F. Curth and makeshift repairs by several soldiers in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acific Fleet Headquarters
Philippine Sea
America
Navy
Ens
Jess L. Curtright
Curtright
Tacoma
Thomas L. Sprague
Adm
William F. Halsey Jr
Halsey
Sprague
Fifth Army
Italy
34Th
Michael Kochis
Kochis
Cpl
Harold Winkleman
Winkleman
Vernon McKnight
McKnight
Pfc
Alfred Seay
New Mexico
Alois Schreck
Schreck
Pvt
George F. Curth
Curth
Secret four leaf clover plant guards the canal zone
Charles T Daniels a U S citizen and Canal Zone telephone engineer turned a four leaf clover plant into a 25000 a year business. A dozen Panamanian girls harvest 75000 clovers weekly and ship them to New York for calendars cards and trinkets. Allied soldiers carry the clovers and Daniels claims none of his ships to Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic were sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anama
Canal Zone
Big Ditch
Charles T. Daniels
U.S
New York
Daniels
Britain
Ostende Reopens Shops With Allied Tarnished Luxuries
In Ostende Belgium tourism returns as shops stock Souvenir of Ostende items amid postwar reopens. Front-liners mingle with locals while counters overflow with silks wallets and vases. Prices stay high as shopkeepers admit selling black market goods to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stende
Belgium
Holland
Ostende
England
United Nations
U.S. Army
RAF
Churchill
Roosevelt
Harmony Four Sing Negro Spirituals In Radio Broadcasts
The Harmony Four, a QM trucking unit quartet, performs Negro spirituals in a radio style using a corn cob microphone. Members include Cpl Emmett K. Barnhart of Atlanta, T-5 Fred Williams of New York City, Hosea Crawford of Logan West Virginia, and Pfc Robert Heinz of Alexandria Virginia. They met at Camp Rucker Alabama over a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea Crawford
Pfc
Robert Hines
Emmett Barnhart
Fred Williams
Harmony Four
Cpl
Emmett K. Barnhart
Atlanta, Ga
New York City
Logan
W. Va
Robert Heinz
Alexandria
Camp Rucker
Ala
War dogs of 96th Inf Div Prefer Meat and Beans
USAG Leyte Philippines report two pounds daily horsemeat and dried meal for 23 war dogs from the 96th Infantry Division. In combat they share soldiers’ C rations. T-5 Andrew E. Chamley of San Bruno California notes Blackie the Labrador refuses hash, insists on meat and beans, forcing Chamley to scrounge for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAG
Leyte
Philippines
States
96Th Infantry Division
Andrew E. Chamley
San Bruno
Calif
Blackie
Chamley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yanks
Kansas
California
Barnhart
Wac Pvt
Lois Maughans
France
Lois
Hubby
Hebrides
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!