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Ordeal & Triumph of the MARBLEHEAD
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A vital component of America's antiquated Asiatic Fleet, the cruiser Marblehead fought its way out of the embattled South China Sea in one of the Pacific War's epic tales of courage and survival
USS MARBLEHEAD-BADLY DAMAGED BY JAPANESE NAVAL AIRCRAFT
The Marblehead was an Omaha-class cruiser that was ill-prepared to defend itself against aircraft. It was one of three cruisers in the abortive Task Force 5 or the Striking Force of the US Navy's Asiatic Fleet of late 1941. She was ...
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ASIATIC FLEET RECOGNITION LONG OVERDUE : DOOMED SHIPS' FORGOTTEN SURVIVORS TO REUNITE.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ... American people weren't strong enough to stand a double dose of bad news so soon after Pearl Harbor. So, the public was told nothing of ... double take when she ran across the small personal ad in the Daily News in March. ``Contact Clarence Wills in Chicago, for Asiatic Fleet ...
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SAMUEL BARBER'S SECOND WORK FOR BAND, FUNERAL MARCH (BASED ON THE ARMY AIR CORPS SONG)
Journal of Band Research
; Many musicians know Samuel Barber's Commando March as his only work for band, but another piece exists. Funeral March (Based on the Army Air Corps Song) was written in 1943, a time of significant personal and professional development for Barber. After Barber's early success with The School for
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Jennie L. O'Connor, served with Army Air Forces during WWII
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; QUINCY - Jennie L. (Barbone) O'Connor, 89, a retired nurse who served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, died Friday at Westshore Health Center in Warwick, R.I., after a brief illness. Mrs. O'Connor was born and raised in Quincy and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of St. John's
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WWII service shaped teenage officer's life; Former Army Air Corps member recalls spy accusations as aliaison in the 1940s.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Tarron Lively, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Peter Kniskern recalls with amusement the time he was mistaken for a German spy when he was serving as an Army Air Corps officer in Algiers during World War II. After all, he was only 14 at the time. And he was no spy kid. I was arrested several times
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Patrick Murphy, Army Air Corps veteran, at 79.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
The Boston Herald
; Patrick D. Murphy of Quincy, a retired MBTA employee, died Friday at his home after a lengthy illness. He was 79. Born and educated in Roxbury, he was a resident of Quincy for more than 30 years. He was a graduate of the Mechanical Arts High School in Roxbury. Mr. Murphy served in the U.S. Army Air
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