U.S. Navy Department (December 24, 1944)
CINCPAC Communiqué No. 212
Liberators of the Strategic Air Force (STRAIRPOA) bombed the airstrip and plane dispersal areas on Iwo Jima in the Volcanoes on December 22 (West Longitude Date). Two enemy planes offered slight resistance.
Other STRAIRPOA Liberators struck Woleai in the Western Carolines on December 22.
Corsairs of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing bombed and strafed targets at Babelthuap in the Palaus on December 22, sinking three enemy barges, damaging three others and two boats and damaging other installations.
Fighters and dive bombers of the 4th MARAIRWING continued to strike at enemy-held bases in the Marshalls on December 22.
The Pittsburgh Press (December 24, 1944)
ENEMY ADVANCES 15 MILES
Patton’s Third Army gains in counterdrive on southern flank
Foe sweeps to within 24 miles of Sedan – and imperils Allied supply route to north
By James F. McGlincy, United Press staff writer
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236 NAZI PLANES BLASTED
Allied planes lash foe in 5,000 sorties
Perfect flying weather aids air blitz
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Land-based Liberators rip Clark Field in Manila area
100 Jap planes destroyed or damaged in major attack from new bases in Philippines
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Horse racing banned; professional athletes face draft reviews
Crackdown on sorts brings grave doubts whether baseball and football will continue
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Back home for Christmas –
Wounded Yanks can’t believe it – they kneel and kiss U.S. soil
By W. H. Shippen Jr., North American Newspaper Alliance
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Navy opposes diverting ships for relief use
Tight situation in Pacific cited
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Sculptor calls changes in Roosevelt indescribable
Davidson: ‘Can’t tell you in words’ – inauguration medal to carry likeness
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Unrationed food to go back on list
Meat, vegetables to require points again
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Charles Dana Gibson, 77, dies at home in New York
Heart attack fatal to famous artist who started to glorify girls in Gay ‘90s
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CIO blames police for Ward riot
Union charges ‘brutal beating’ of pickets
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Political council of Allies urged
Senators fight power politics
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Wartime experiences prove soldiers need full year of training
‘Effective preparation for combat’ is aim of program being set up for citizen army
By Daniel M. Kidney, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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New B-29 forays reported by Japs
Superfortresses in action for 6th straight day
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Defeat on foreign soil may be German aim
By Collie Small, United Press staff writer
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Col. Palmer: Nazis’ ability to open drive still puzzling
How long has push delayed final victory?
By Col. Frederick Palmer, North American Newspaper Alliance
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A doughboy-captain says –
‘We kill and kill them, but Germans keep coming’
Even officers are riflemen as weary Yanks, sleepless for 50 and 70 hours, delay Nazi drive
By Morley Cassidy, North American Newspaper Alliance
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