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April 12, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Navy Tells Of Probable Loss Of Sub At Java" |
(USS Perch SS-176 was scuttled Mar. 3 after being attacked several times by the Japanese destroyers Natsugumo and Minegumo. All sixty men survived, but six men died as prisoners in Japanese custody.) |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the headline: "Heroism Of Crew Seen As 18 On Tanker Die" and the report in columns 1-2: "4 Port Arthurans Among Victims Of Pack Of Nazi Subs" |
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(William L. Howell was lost in the 9,264-ton tanker Oklahoma, which was sunk in shallow water by U-123 on Apr. 8th.) |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 12, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Seit dem ersten Auftreten deutscher U-Boote - 214 Schiffe mit 1,452 Mill. BRT. in USA.-Gewässern versenkt - Feindliche Tankerflotte verlor allein 642.000 BRT. |
(Since the first appearance of German submarines - 214 ships with 1.452 million GRT. sunk in USA waters - Enemy tanker fleet alone lost 642,000 BRT.) |
[I don't have the time to verify this claim, but there is no doubt that it is overblown.] |
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Page published April 12, 2023 |
