USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95
Front Pages

March 24, 1945: Front page of The Frederick Post, Frederick, Maryland. General Patton got the top headline, but the loss of USS Bismarck Sea made the small headline above the fold.



The story by Morrie Landsberg from The Frederick Post.



March 24, 1945: Field Marshall Montgomery got the top headline on the front page of The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but the loss of USS Bismarck Sea got above the fold coverage.



March 24, 1945: The front page of the Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas gave the Allies top billing, and put the loss of USS Bismarck Sea below the fold.



March 24, 1945: The front page of the Nevada State Journal gave Third Army (Patton) the headline, but the loss of USS Bismarck Sea remained above the fold.



March 24, 1945: Front page of The Daily Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina used a rather embellished headline below the fold to highlight the loss of USS Bismarck Sea.



The Associated Press story by Robert Geiger which ran in the nations newspapers.





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