World War II Chronicle
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World War II Chronicle: October 30, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Pictured on the front page is Merrit A. “Red Mike” Edson, now commanding 5th Marines.
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World War II Chronicle: September 13, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER A dispatch from a Marine combat correspondent mentions Col. William J. Whaling, executive officer for
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World War II Chronicle: December 19, 1941
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page three mentions the ongoing search in the High Sierra Mountains for the lost crew
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World War II Chronicle: February 7, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page three mentions George Hopkins, who made a stunt parachute jump onto Wyoming’s Devils Tower
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World War II Chronicle: December 5, 1941
F.D.R.’S WAR PLANS! GOAL IS 10 MILLION ARMEDMEN; HALF TO FIGHT IN AEF These are the headlines published in yesterday’s
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World War II Chronicle: September 17, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER When Japan attacked Oahu last December, the American-born Royal Air Force pilots requested to be
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World War II Chronicle: February 1, 1941
Click here to read TODAY’S NEWSPAPER A bulletin reports on the front page that Maj. Robert Williams is the first
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World War II Chronicle: May 3, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Ever heard of the coal miner who became king? Sounds like a fairy tale, especially
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World War II Chronicle: November 2, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page six reports that a B-17 carrying famed American World War I ace Capt. Eddie
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World War II Chronicle: December 13, 1941
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Today’s front page reports that the Dutch Navy sunk four loaded Japanese troop transports, presumably