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714199

1945 Japanese officers commit Seppuku (Harakiri)...

Item #714199

June 27, 1945

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, June 27, 1945



* Mitsuru Ushijima & Isamu Cho

* Imperial Japanese Army officers

* Seppuku - Harakiri - Ritual suicide

* Battle of Okinawa - re. Japanese defeat

* World War II - WWII nearing the en
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The bottom of the front has a two column heading: "Jap Army and Naval Chiefs On Okinawa Commit Hara Kari (sic)" with subhead. (see images)

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714164

Battle of Leyte Gulf...

Item #714164

October 25, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1944



* Battle of Leyte Gulf in progress

* General William Halsey, Jr.

* Largest Naval battle of WWII




The front page has a very nice banner headline announcing: "U.S. PLANES ATTACK 2 BIG JAPANESE FLEETS; SHOWDOWN BATTLE LIKELY IN PHILIPPINES" with subheads and related map. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World fa... See More  

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714116

1943 Ellis Hatfield death... Kentucky feud fame...

Item #714116

May 31, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1943 



* Ellis Hatfield death (1st report) 

* Hatfields-McCoys feud fame
 



Page 17 has small one column headings: "'Ellis Hatfield" and "Participated in Famous Feud in Kentucky=='Devil Anse's' Cousin" First report coverage on the death of Ellis Hatfield , who was Devil Anse's cousin of the famed Hatfield-McCoy ... See More  

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714096

Raid of Cabanatuan... Japanese brutality told...

Item #714096

February 02, 1945

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 2, 1945



* Japanese brutality - horrors

* Post Bataan Death March

* Raid at Cabanatuan prison camp

* Allied prisoners rescued




The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATAAN FLAG FLYING AGAIN" with subheads that include: "Yanks Storm Jap Prison to Rescue 486 Americans" and more. (see images) More inside. First report coverage on the ... See More  

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714060

1943 Battle of Rennell Island...

Item #714060

February 03, 1943

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, Feb. 3, 1943



* Battle of Rennell Island - Solomons

* Last major naval engagement

* During the Guadalcanal Campaign

* World War II - WWII Pacific theater




The front page has a nice banner headline: "PACIFIC BATTLE RAGES; U.S., JAP SHIPS SUNK" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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714045

Battle of the Bulge begins... Initial attack by the Germans...

Item #714045

December 19, 1944

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, December 19, 1944



* Battle of Bulge begins

* Initial German attack

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a four column heading: "Germans Drive Yanks Back 4 Miles, Lose 143 Planes" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some small ink notations on the inside pages only, generally good... See More  

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713923

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor warning ?....

Item #713923

January 03, 1943

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 3, 1943



* Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii warning

* Joseph Grew warned the State Department




The front page has a two column heading: "Japan's Plans Long Known, '31-'41 State Papers Reveal" Lengthy text continues on page 36. This was when this report was first made public to the American citizens.

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713922

Battle of Vella Lavella in 1943...

Item #713922

October 09, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1943



* Naval Battle of Vella Lavella

* Solomons Islands - Pacific Campaign




The top of the front page has a five column headline:

"U.S. SHIPS SINK JAPANESE CRUISER AND 2 DESTROYERS IN SOLOMONS" with subheads that include: "2 More Enemy Ships Hit and Others Flee From Vella Gulf Carnage" and more (see). First report coverage on the naval batt... See More  

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713902

Battle of Stalingrad ends with Nazis defeated...

Item #713902

February 01, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1943



* Battle of Stalingrad ending

* Nazis 1st major loss in WWII

* One of the bloodiest battles in history




The top of the front page has a five column headline: "NAZIS' STALINGRAD CHIEF CAPTURED, ONE OF LAST 2 POCKETS WIPED OUT" with subheads. Related map on page 2. (see) Coverage on the closing events of the Battle of Stalingrad which was con... See More  

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713899

James T. Scales lynching... Pikeville, TN...

Item #713899

November 24, 1944

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. November 24, 1944 



* James T. Scales, Pikeville, Tennessee lynching 

* Great World War II coverage vs. Japanese



The front page has one column heading: "NEGRO TRUSTEE SLAIN BY MOB" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the lynching of Negro teen James T. Scales in Pikeville, Tennessee.

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713882

`945 Kamikaze attack on USS William D. Porter...

Item #713882

July 05, 1945

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 5, 1945



* Japanese Kamikaze suicide attacks

* USS Twiggs & USS William D. Porter

* United States Navy Destroyers

* Battle of Okinawa - Japan




The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Jap Aerial Attacks Sink 2 Destroyers" (see images) Coverage on the Japanese Kamikaze attack on the USS Twiggs & the USS William D. Porter during the Batt... See More  

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713877

Japanese Army & Navy Generals ousted in 1944...

Item #713877
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1944



* Admiral Osami Nagano

* Imperial Japanese Navy

* Field Marshall Hajime Sugiyama

* Hideki Tojo removes both officers

* World War II - WWII




The top of the front page has six column headlines that include: "JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS OUSTED" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 3 with photos of the two Japanese officers.

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713873

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

Item #713873

April 21, 1942

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 21, 1942



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier




The front page has a one column heading: "Raiders Came From Carriers, Tokyo Says". (see images) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James "Jimmy" Doolittle was involved due to s... See More  

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713868

Jimmy Doolittle becomes WWII General....

Item #713868

April 23, 1942

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 23, 1942



* James 'Jimmy' Doolittle becomes a General

* Post Doolittle raid on Japan

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a one column heading: "Doolittle Promoted To Brigadier General" (see image). Interesting he received this honor just a few days after his famous air raid on Japan but weeks before the public knew he was involved.

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713860

1942 Battle of Bataan ends w/ fall to Japanese....

Item #713860

April 10, 1942

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 10, 1942



* Battle of Bataan ends

* Allies surrender to Japanese

* Philippines Campaign

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATAAN EPIC ENDS AS JAPANESE HORDES OVERWHRLM U.S. SOLDIERS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. This Japanese capture would lead to the infamous Bataan Death March soon after.

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713843

Churchill's famous: "This was their finest hour..." speech...

Item #713843

June 19, 1940

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 19, 1940 



* This was their finest hour

* Winston Churchill speech

* World War II - WWII




The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL DARES GERMAN ARMY TO INVADE ENGLAND'" with subhead. (see) This was Churchill's famous speech to the House of Commons in which he concludes with the famous passage: "...Let us therefor
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713824

Siege of Budapest ends w/ capture... General Patton...

Item #713824

February 14, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1945



* Siege - Battle of Budapest ends w/ capture - Hungary

* Post-Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton




The front page has a nice banner headlines: "BUDAPEST IS TAKEN AT COST OF 159,000 TO FOE"& "BRITISH CLEAR REICHSWALD, PATTON PUSHES ON" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.

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713711

Murder, Inc.hitmen sentenced to death in 1941...

Item #713711

June 13, 1941

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1941



* Martin Buggsy Goldstein & Harry Strauss

* Murder, Inc. Hitmen - contract killings

*Execution - executed by electric chair




The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "2 IN  MURDER RING ARE PUT TO DEATH" with subheads. (see images)

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713670

"Alien Order" begins internment of Japanese during World War II...

Item #713670

February 22, 1942

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 22, 1942



* Internment of Japanese Americans

* FDR's Executive Order 9066

* Alien control order

* World War II - WWII




The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "278 AXIS ALIENS SEIZED IN PACIFIC COAST, IN ARIZONA" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 60+ pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice... See More  

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713667

Battle of the Bulge prelude... Courtney Hodges...

Item #713667

December 11, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 11, 1944 



* General Courtney Hodges

* World War II - WWII

* Battle of the Bulge prelude




The top of the front page has a five column headline: "1ST ARMY HITS OUT ON 10-MILE ROER LINE" with subheads that include: "Hodges Only Two Miles From Last Key Enemy Base West of Rover" and more. Two related maps on page 5. See photos for partial cov... See More  

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713606

1945 Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo....

Item #713606

February 21, 1945

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 21, 1945.



* Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo

* Fighting on Mount Suribachi

* United States Flag planting close




The front page has a somewhat brief report with small heading: "Marines Take Iwo Airfield..." and more. (see image) The iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi would occur two days later. Given the small report here, it is somewhat surprising... See More  

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713560

Opening of the 1942 movie "Jungle Book"...

Item #713560

April 03, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 3, 1942 



* Opening of the movie "Jungle Book" (eve)

* Technicolor action adventure film

* Adaption of Rudyard Kipling's book




Page 25 has a 7 x 6 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book" in New York City which began the following day. (see images)

Other news, sports and advertisements of t... See More  

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713521

1939 World War II beginning....

Item #713521

September 11, 1939

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 11, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw

* World War II WWII beginning

* Nazis invasion of Poland




The front page has a nice banner headline: "POLES REPORT WARSAW GAINS" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

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713476

Ohio State wins 1st Big Ten track & field title in 1942...

Item #713476

March 08, 1942

SPORT'S SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, March 8, 1942



* Ohio State Buckeyes win 1st championship

* Big Ten indoor track and field championships




The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "OHIO STATE WINS BIG 10 INDOOR TRACK TITLE" with subheads, results and three related photos. (see) Nice for display

Complete sport's section only with 10 pages... See More  

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713456

Tuskegee Airmen graduates... Lucy Parsons...

Item #713456

March 08, 1942

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1942



* Tuskegee Airmen graduate from University

* World War II African Americans military pilots

* First in the United States Army Air Forces

* Lucy Parsons burned to death - anarchist




The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "U. S. GRADUATES FIRST SQUADRON OF NEGRO FLYERS" with subheads. (see images) These first African American military pil... See More  

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713428

Marcus Garvey arrested in 1930...

Item #713428

June 12, 1940

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1940



* Marcus Garvey arrested in Jamaica

* Black nationalism - sentenced for libel




Page 5 a very brief and discrete report headed: "Garvey Sentenced Again" with subhead. (see image)

Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.



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713215

Japan bargains for a surrender... Atomic bombings...

Item #713215

August 10, 1945

NEW YORK POST, Aug. 10, 1945 



* Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

* Atomic bombings described


* World War II coming to an end

* Japan willing to surrender




The front page has a nice headline: "JAPS ASK PEACE!" with coverage on the following pages.

The top of page five has a banner heading: "Eyewitnesses Awed by View Of Nagasaki and Hiroshima" (see images)

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713175

Battle of the Bulge ends w/ Third Army....

Item #713175

January 28, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 28, 1945



* Battle of the Bulge ends

* Third United States Army

* General George S. Patton




The front page has a nice banner headline: "3D ARMY DRIVES 4 MILES TO GERMAN BORDER" with subhead: "Americans Take 11 Towns To Flatten Belgian Bulge" Related map is on page 7. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with all 40 pages, rag edition in great c... See More  

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713102

1942 Actress Carole Lombard death burial....

Item #713102

January 22, 1942

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 22, 1942 



* Actress Carole Lombard death funeral



The back page has a two column heading: "Lombard Funeral: Services Are Simple; Only a Handful Of Invited Friends Attend" (see images)

Much on the current actions of World War II. Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, small  library la... See More  

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713101

1945 USS Franklin aircraft carrier disaster...

Item #713101

May 18, 1945

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 18, 1945



* USS Franklin (CV-13) disaster

* Japanese dive bomber attack

* United States Navy aircraft carrier




The front page has a two column heading: "Aircraft Carrier Franklin Snatched From Jap Death Trap And Will Return to Battle" with subhead. (see images) This disaster happened a few months earlier but this is when it was first made publi... See More  

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713077

World War II begins... Poland invasion...

Item #713077

September 27, 1939

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, September 27, 1939.

 

* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw surrenders

* World War II WWII beginning

* German invasion of Poland




The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "3000 DIE IN WARSAW 'INFERNO'" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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712999

1939 Battle of the Heligoland Bight...

Item #712999

December 18, 1939

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 18, 1939



* Battle of the Heligoland Bight

* North Sea - Germany

* 1st "named" air battle of WWII




The front page has a nice banner headline: "34 BRITISH PLANES FELLED, SAY NAZIS; ONE GERMAN WARSHIP SUNK; TWO HIT" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the Battle of the Heligoland Bight.

Complete with 34 pages, light toning... See More  

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712921

1941 Strand Theatre fire disaster... Brockton, Mass....

Item #712921

March 10, 1941

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 10, 1941 



* Strand Theatre fire disaster

* Firemen - firefighters

* Brockton, Massachusetts




 Near the bottom of the front page is a brief, same day report with a one column heading: "Snow Crushes Roof; 12 Firemen Killed" (see image)

Complete with 28 pages, light toning at the margins, Archival mend at top right corner (see image), some s... See More  

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712821

Hoop Jr. Wins Kentucky Derby... Eddie Arcaro...

Item #712821

June 10, 1945

BOSTON SUNDAY POST, June 10, 1945



* Hoop Jr. wins Kentucky Derby

* American Thoroughbred racehorse

* Jockey Eddie Arcaro




The front page has a two column heading: "KENTUCKY DERBY WON BY HOOP JR." with subhead and photo. (see images) More in the sport's section with headings and results chart.

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712820

Plane crashes into the Empire State Building...

Item #712820

July 28, 1945

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 28, 1945 



* B-25 Mitchell bomber crash

* Empire State Building




The front page has a banner headline: "B-25 Hits Empire State Bldg--15 Die" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the B-25 Mitchell bomber airplane crash into the Empire State Building in New York City.

Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condit... See More  

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712819

1945 USS California (BB-44)... Japanese kamikaze attacks....

Item #712819

July 28, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 28, 1945



* USS California (BB-44) - Tennessee-class battleship

* Japanese kamikazes - Battle of Lingayen Gulf




The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Kamikaze Hits the California; Battleship Fights On; Losses 203". This is on the Japanese kamikaze attacks on the USS California during the Battle of Lingayen Gulf. Reporting on many disasters ... See More  

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712773

World War II beginning....

Item #712773

September 20, 1939

THE WILLIAMSPORT SUN, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw

* World War II WWII beginning

* Nazis invade Poland

* FRONT LEAF ONLY ***




The front page has a nice banner headline: "WARSAW STILL HOLDS OUT; ALLIES REJECT PEACE PLEA" with various subheads. (see images)

This is the FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2), still nice for display as such.... See More  

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712748

Jimmy Doolittle to lead D-Day air attack...

Item #712748

December 29, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1943



* Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle

* New commander of the Eighth Air Force

* Promoted Lieutenant general

* To lead air attack on D-Day




The front page has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE TO GUIDE INVASION AIR BLOW" with subhead. (see images)

Other World War II events of the day. Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

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712663

War news in this military newspaper from the middle of World War II...

Item #712663

November 26, 1943

THE STARS &  STRIPES, the New York & London edition, Nov. 26, 1943  In the masthead is: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations".

Among many front reports: "Russians Push Germans Back After Halting Big Panzer Drive On Soviet Flank in Kiev Salient" "Maries Kill 4,000 Jabs, Capture Isle" and much more. 

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712623

Kamikaze airplane attack in 1945...

Item #712623

May 26, 1945

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 26, 1945



* USS Ingraham - destroyer

* United States Navy

* Kamikaze suicide airplane attack

* Battle of Okinawa - Japanese




Page 3 has a one column heading: "Destroyer Ingraham Hit By Suicide Craft" (see image)

I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.

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712607

A Nazi newspaper from a British island...

Item #712607

November 28, 1941

THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Nov. 28, 1941  



* German occupation publication

* Attack on Pearl Harbor close




A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.

Among the front page reports are: "Another British Naval Reverse in Channel Night Fight" "Destroyer ... See More  

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712471

1945 Malmedy massacre... Battle of the Bulge.....

Item #712471

January 14, 1945

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 14, 1945



* Malmedy massacre in Belgium (1st report)

* Battle of the Bulge nears the end

* 1st SS Panzer Division - perpetrators




Page 6 has a one column heading: "Bodies of 100 Massacred GIs Are Found" (see image) This war crime "Malmedy Massacre" was actually committed about a month earlier but wasn't realized until more allied troop... See More  

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712468

1945 Operation Veritable... Allied pincer movement...

Item #712468

February 12, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1945



* Operation Veritable in Germany

* Battle of the Klever Reichswald forest

* Allied pincer movement - Canadian 1st Army

* Kleve- Lower Rhine region - Northwest Germany

* Final stages of World War II - WWII




The front page has a banner headline: "BRITISH ENTER CLEVE, CUT FOE'S LATERAL ROAD; AMERICANS SMASH INTO OUTSKIRTS OF PRUEM" with subhead... See More  

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712362

World War II camp newspaper form Berry Field, Nashville...

Item #712362

January 16, 1943

NASHFERRY TRIBUNE, Municipal Airport, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 16, 1943  



* United States Army Air Forces



As noted at the top of page 2, this paper is: "...published each Friday by and for the military personnel of Berry Field, Nashville, Tenn., by the Office of Special Services."

This is essentially a military camp newspaper, commonly found at various military installation... See More  

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712349

1942 Battle of Bataan ends w/ fall....

Item #712349

April 10, 1942

NEW YORK WORTLD-TELEGRAM, April 10, 1942



* Battle of Bataan ends

* Allies surrender to Japanese

* Philippines Campaign

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a nice headline: "3500 ESCAPE FROM BATAAN" with subhead. (see images) The Japanese capture would lead to the infamous Bataan Death March.

Complete with 34 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small bin... See More  

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712332

1945 Battle of the Bulge ending...

Item #712332

January 15, 1945

NEW YORK POST, Jan. 15, 1945



* Battle of the Bulge ending - World War II - Belgium

* German offensive campaign - Germans collapsing in Belgium

* "Hell On Wheels" 2nd Armored Division mention




The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. FLIERS HIT 3,000 VEHICLES ON WEST FRONT" with subheads and related map. (see images) More on page 4. Coverage at the end of the famous B... See More  

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712266

Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak hits 50 games...

Item #712266

July 12, 1941

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, July 12, 1941



* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaches 50

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball




The sport's section (page 10) has a six column heading: "DiMag Passes 49 as Yanks Win on Gordon's Homer" with subheads. (see images)

First report coverage on Joe DiMaggio's famous hitting streak making the 50th game mark. He would end up with 56 game... See More  

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712261

Count Fleet wins the Kentucky Derby in 1943...

Item #712261

May 02, 1943

SPORT'S SECTION only of the San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 1943



* Count Fleet - horse racing photos

* Kentucky Derby win (1st of 3 wins)

* Eventual triple crown winner




The front page of this section has two larger action photos with banner heading: "COUNT FLEET ROMPS HOME TO 3-LENGTH VICTORY IN DERBY!" Also two smaller related photos. (see images) Nice for display. The top o... See More  

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712256

1942 Joe Louis boxing title defense photos...

Item #712256

January 11, 1942

SPORT'S SECTION only of the San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 1942



* Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber)

* Heavyweight boxing title fight

* vs. Buddy Baer - many photos

* Louis joins United States Army




The front page of this section has eight nice action photos during the Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer heavyweight title bout. (see images) Great for display. Another related photo on page 3. Thi... See More  

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712185

1945 Malmedy massacre... Battle of the Bulge.....

Item #712185

January 15, 1945

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 15, 1945



* Malmedy massacre in Belgium

* Battle of the Bulge nears the end

* 1st SS Panzer Division - perpetrators




The front page has a banner headline: "NAZIS FLEE FROM BELGIUM; 232 GERMAN PLANES DOWNED" with subheads.

The top of page 3 has a banner heading: "Yanks Fighting in 'Field of the Dead' Cry for Revenge on Butchers" wi... See More  

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