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March 9, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Desert Car Smash Kills V.C. General" |
Also note the report in column 6: "Basic Petrol Ration May Go" |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column Japanese Name New Commander In Philippines - Yamashita Takes Over New Post" |
(After the war
Tomoyuki Yamashita was tried for war crimes and executed on Feb. 23, 1946.) |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Navy Pilot Fought Like Mad" |
(Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare, USN, credited with shooting down 5 enemy aircraft (not six) when they attacked USS Lexington CV-2. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for this action. O'Hare was killed on Nov. 26, 1943 when his aircraft was shot down. USS O'Hare DD-889 and Chicago's O'Hare airport were named in his honor.) |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 6: "20 Executed - Killing Of German Sentry Brings Reprisal" |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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March 9, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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Page published March 9, 2023 |