Youth whose ancestors fought for U.S. enlists
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Awaiting zero hour, U.S. Marines carrying battle gear rest on Guadalcanal Island. Shortly after this picture was taken, the Leathernecks attacked and emerged victorious in bitter fighting.
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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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They are so young looking. I wonder how many were 18 years and how old was the oldest man.
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Not exactly Pacific-related (and more of an Army man than a Marine), but there’s this story from last year:
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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WLB unsuited to peacetime, Davis declares
New machinery for setting disputes to be needed after war
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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.