Americans, Britons and a war orphan Sweetpea
An American air crew hopes to adopt a war orphan in London. The Red Cross brings Maureen, daughter of a pilot killed in action, to the group who name her Sweetpea. The squadron plans her visits while they battle over Romilly France, sustaining losses and hard fights as they return home.
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England
London
Louis A. Dabney
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur E. Ward
Portsmouth
Ohio
Irvin W. Combs
Humboldt
Kans
Red Cross
Maureen
Tommy
Sweetpea
G.I. Ucles
Romilly
France
Jerry
Herciés
Hell
Eric Si
Bilich
Ruth Kriochkee
Bigland
Obreagks & Ihte
Special Troops Unit in North Africa Becomes Havenforc Soldiers
A special troops unit in Tunisia forms to aid wounded and separated soldiers with no unit. Fifty GIs find care, clothing, and hospital visits, then 40 rehabilitated strays are returned to front-line outfits. The unit’s motto: anyone who needs it gets what we have.
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N. 2
U.S
Tunisia
Special Troops
G.ls
John E. Kieffer
Buffalo
N. Y
Kieffer
New Year Firefight with Officers in New Guinea Camp
In New Guinea an army camp marks New Year with a wild volley of small arms fire after an officers party on Christmas Eve. Enlisted men respond with weapons as darkness falls. At midnight a nocturnal show erupts with rifles and pistols lighting the sky before quiet returns.
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New Guinea
R Bey Wele
Pearis
Sony
the Sky
Ley
Patees
eLfereleet Iitieeti
Stereviys
Lypi Balrin EL Biosyce