Three Mustangs hold off 40 German fighters in daring UK split
Lt. Urban L. Drew Lt. William T. Kemp and Lt. Leonard A. Wood of Detroit East Peoria and Lansing fly a dramatic low ammo engagement over France. With no ammunition they break up a squadron of FW190s ME109s. They dash to an emergency field on the English coast with little fuel.
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Britain
Urban L. Drew
Detroit
Mich
Drew
Jerry
Wood
Kemp
Sidney Rosenblatt
Yank
Yanks at Home Abroad Showdown and Rowley’s Shot
Four bandits attempted escape near the block. Rowley killed one at 450 yards with a rifle, Mr. Samsell wounded another with a tommy gun. Rowley’s actions rescued GIs in a village while the mayor offered him a wife, a remark quipped by the sergeant about MP management.
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Rowley
Samsell
GI Foster Fathers Help Blinded Chinese Children School
GI transport crews pause their work on the Burma Road to donate to Tien Kuang mission school, where 37 Chinese children wounded by bombing and disease receive care. The Lutheran mission school aids orphans and the blind, with Service Forces personnel sending funds.
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Curna
Burma
T’ien Kuang
Lutheran Church
Roadblock on Iran to Russia prompts Army MP vigil
An account describes a long patrol road managed by an MP unit guarding a treacherous stretch to Russia. It details six months between meetings with a sergeant, 11 detachments, harsh seasons, and constant readiness for raids by Kurd tribesmen. A past ambush killed a master sergeant and wounded a medic, with thieves stealing arms and supplies. A later briefing notes three officers pursuing a similar threat along the same route.
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Russia
Roger W. Rowley
Bombay
N. Y
Joe Samsell
Philadelphia
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Palag
Ming Ai
TVI
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U. S. China
I . Brig
Frank Dorn
Iran
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