Enlistment of vital ship, plane workers prohibited
‘This is not a blanket deferment,’ Hershey says; order seen as compromise on manpower demands
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Ligonier nurse killed in action on Army duty
‘She more than measured up,’ South Side Hospital head says
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Holy smokes. This is some good colouring.
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Pay-as-you-go tax supported
Senator urges early action by Congress
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They are so young looking. I wonder how many were 18 years and how old was the oldest man.
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adamsano:
the oldest man.
Not exactly Pacific-related (and more of an Army man than a Marine), but there’s this story from last year:
The Pittsburgh Press (August 10, 1941)
SERGEANT, 72, ARMY’S OLDEST MAN, RE-ENLISTS
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White-haired, erect, he hopes for chance to 'poke Hitler in nose’
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Selfridge Field, Mich. Aug. 9 (UP) –
Gnarled and oaken 72-year-old Sergeant John W. Westervelt, oldest man in the United States Army, today re-enlisted for the seventh time, hoping for a chance to:
…poke Hitler in the nose.
Hoary-haired but erect, Sergeant Westervelt re-enlisted as a supply sergeant at the Selfridge Air Corps Base af…
Hero’s mother given medal by Roosevelt
Two brothers hope to take flier’s place
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French colonials smash Italians in Tunisian assault
Fascist column gets ‘terrific beating’ in spite of protection by Nazi Stukas; Spitfires rout enemy dive bombers
By C. R. Cunningham, United Press staff writer
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Dakar victory affects Chila and Argentina
2 South American nations may reconsider stand in warring world
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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Axis is caught flat-footed by African assault
Enemy subs attack only after landings made
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WLB unsuited to peacetime, Davis declares
New machinery for setting disputes to be needed after war
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Control of municipal employees by WLB fought
By E. A. Evans, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Military honor is paid heroic American pilot
London, England (UP) –
Lt. Harvey Dalton Johnson, American pilot who went down with his burning plane rather than endanger civilians, was buried today with full military honors.
Fellow fliers were the pallbearers and the body was escorted by a military procession.
British press lays ‘bungling’ to U.S. censors
Stories printed here but denied to foreign reporters are listed
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One-man campaign starts revolt against gas role
Ration plans threatened as aroused Midwest rallies behind Hoosier’s plea
By Walter Leckrone, editor, The Indianapolis Times
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