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Perkins: Must vet get old job back at all costs?
Attorney General to rule on ticklish dispute
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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Attorney General to rule on ticklish dispute
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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Two Marine officers say Yanks were kept in open two days without food after surrender
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WASHINGTON (UP) – Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson disclosed today that more than 450,000 Japs have been killed or wounded in the Philippines campaign.
Meanwhile, total U.S. combat casualties in all theaters as reported have reached a total of 1,053,101, an increase of 5,421 over a week ago. The total, of which 244,810 were killed, includes 917,442 Army and 135,659 Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps casualties.
Army casualties in the Philippines campaign to July 7, Mr. Patterson said, totaled 59,656. This figure included 12,035 killed, 46,425 wounded, and 1,196 missing.
Mr. Patterson said a recapitulation of Army casualties on Okinawa showed the total was 18,412, including 3,761 killed, 14,415 wounded and 236 missing.
The overall U.S. casualty table:
Army | Navy | TOTAL | |
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Killed | 194,447 | 50,363 | 244,810 |
Wounded | 568,976 | 70,072 | 639,048 |
Missing | 36,303 | 11,431 | 47,734 |
Prisoners | 117,716 | 2,793 | 121,509 |
TOTALS | 917,442 | 135,659 | 1,053,101 |
Of the Army wounded, 348,196 have returned to duty. Of Army prisoners, 94,742 have been liberated.
Thomas says UAW will walk out of every plant where a grievance exists
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DAV in asking for them hits VFW, Legion
By Douglas Smith, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Unwed British mother still hopes she can join daddy of quads
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Goff, ex-Communist, prominent figure
By Eugene Segal, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Monetary plans await White House signing
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Both Presidents faced hectic times
By Frank Aston, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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