World War II Chronicle

World War II Chronicle: August 24, 1942

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Tyrone Power — “Zorro” from The Mask of Zorro (1940) — is pictured taking the Oath of Enlistment on the bottom of the front page. He will hop a train for boot camp in San Diego once he is done filming Crash Dive. His next copilot very likely will not look as good as Betty Grable…

Power and Grable in A Yank in the RAF (1940)

50 members of the 1st Ranger Battalion participated in last week’s Dieppe Raid, and three are interviewed on page seven. Capt. Roy A. Murray led the Ranger force, which landed with the British Commandos, destroying a coastal artillery battalion before withdrawing. Staff Sgt. Kenneth D. Stempson will retire as a colonel, as does Captain Murray.

A British Commando lights up Sgt. Szima’ light’s cigarette after returning from Dieppe

George Fielding Eliot column on page eight… Sports page begin on page 12, featuring some shots from Babe Ruth, who appeared in last night’s Army-Navy relief game.

Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 24 August 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-08-24/ed-1/

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