Bronx Pfc. Schneider speech turns tide on hilltop
An Italian Front story profiles Bronx born Pfc. Schneider who spoke German and used it to direct his squad to wipe out 18 German troops on a crest above Altavilla. He then led the defense with calm orders and survived heavy wounds and captivity before returning to the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Pfc
Schneider
N. Y
Altavilla
Hitler
Peter
Iiltavilla
Italy
Texas
U.S
Benny in Africa Finds Camp Life Echoes Waukegan
United States Army audience welcomes Jack Benny and his troupe in Africa on the first leg of a Middle East tour. Benny notes many Rochesters on the runways and laments Africa’s blackout like Waukegan. Actress Anna Lee and Wini Shaw delight soldiers as indoor stage is built after a flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Africa
Jack Benny
Cairo
Benny
Middle
Near East
Anna Lee
Wini Shaw
Lee
Jack
Africa
Waukegan
Joseph Gauvin
Waltham
Mass
Marshall Butler
Greensburg
Bud Weston
Portland
Maine
Richard Mendall
Ridlonville
This Week's Cover Plots Credits System Notes
A cryptic bulletin lists credits and placements for a weekly cover, naming Jobe Bushemi Ed Cunningham and Ferris among others. It references Army Air Forces locations and film studios Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures with various image placements and captions across multiple pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobe Bushemi
Acme
Ken Abbott
INP
Ed Cunningham
Army Air Forces
Dillon Ferris
PRG
Enid
Ferris
Meore Field
Tex
Camp Phillips
Kans
Fort Benning
Signal
Minth Service Command
Paramount Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia
Afl PA
VIP
Rescue Patrol Delivers Food After Weeklong Isolation
Corporal Edward B. Gutkowski recalls a patrol reaching 200 yards from enemy machine guns to rescue men. They provided food and cigarettes, the first in seven days, while the rescued endured isolation and improvised sunlit illumination to light corn leaf cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Edward B. Gutkowski
Herth
Fried Japs and Tojo Dishes Stir New Delhi Restaurant
A New Delhi restaurant menu mocks Japan and its leaders with dishes titled Jap Devil Soup Boiled Tojo Bomb Tokyo Hitler Under Vivisection and The Big Four. Manager Mo Yim Ting promotes patriotism with a roast of wartime enemies and walls displaying Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Sun Yat Sen and the Stars and Stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deru
India
New Delhi
Tokyo
Mo Yim Ting
Ting
Japan
Tojo
Hitler
China
United States
Britain
Russia
U. S
United Effort
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Across the Years He Did Not Forget His Buddy in the Argonne
In Newfoundland a Cleveland merchant seaman Ernest McLean recently spotted Pvt. Laurence Gilbert of Augusta Maine in a crowded canteen. Sixty minutes earlier McLean begged a beer and joked to the stranger. Fifty years earlier they fought together in the Argonne Forest as comrades in arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Argonne
Newfoundland
Ernest McLean
Cleveland
Ohio
McLean
Laurence Gilbert
Augusta
Maine
Buddy
Gilbert
Argonne Forest
Jungle Jolly Club Aids Local Troops In Puerto Rico
In San Juan two seasoned servicemen Sgt Homer Bennett and S Sgt Robert Zellers from Miami organize the Jungle Jolly Club. The group treats Jungle Jolliness as a tropical disease to be enjoyed rather than feared. Members share stories of home, drink native rum, and admire local life. The club's sole rule is a playful refusal to consider a change of station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Homer Bennett
Robert Zellers
Miami
Fla
Jungle Jolly
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Sele
Dominick Polilli
Philadelphia
Bill Charreter
Concord
Andrew Ceganack
Doylestown
Clarence T. Hines
Buffalo
James F. Cleveland
Huntsville
Floyd McDougal
Sistersville
W. Va
R. B. Lee
Winder, Ga
Frank B. Vitus
Joliet
Alfred Hall
Rockymount
Aggard
Sele River
Vaughan Taylor
Archie Mclean
Rhodes
Mich
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Munda
Yank
Mack Morriss
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