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Diary: December 7, 1942
Dear Diary, December 7 passed here, we had an alert and a battle casualty drill, and then I went to town and got a December 7 war bond. Instead of the $1 million dollars they wanted, we made $5 million, not bad, one thinks. Everyone sure had the spirit – flags of all allied nations…
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BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: One Year of War
The first year was ending, and it had been a Navy year. The tall, taut man who is both Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) let his mind go back to the morning of Pearl Harbor, and observed that the Japanese probably had not expected their attack…
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Medicine: Not So Long Ago
Manhattan doctors have seldom had a more instructive account of modern progress in surgery than they got recently in the frank, gay, gossipy reminiscences of one famed surgeon. They got it from dapper, renowned little Dr. John Frederic Erdmann, 78 (who still operates and teaches), who just for fun of it got up at Post-Graduate…
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LETTER: Tuesday, December 8, 1942
Tuesday, December 8, 1942Dear Folks, Received your letter, long time no see, no hear, Yeah I heard from Virginia, she sent me a very nice picture of Jimmie and herself. He is a Captain now. Jimmie”™s brother is a Lt. on the same ship Jr is on and he is coming over to see me.…
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Letter: Tuesday, December 8, 1942
Tuesday, December 8, 1942Dear Folks, Received your letter, long time no see, no hear, Yeah I heard from Virginia, she sent me a very nice picture of Jimmie and herself. He is a Captain now. Jimmie”™s brother is a Lt. on the same ship Jr is on and he is coming over to see me.…
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LETTER: Wednesday, December 9, 1942
Wednesday, December 9, 1942Dear Mother, Dad and Bingo, Well I”™m on nights, one more night and then I”™m off, but don”™t like to go off this time ”˜cause I don”™t have so much time in the day time to run around. I”™m doing all right though. Today I”™m going to take hula lessons and I”™ll…
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Letter: Wednesday, December 9, 1942
Wednesday, December 9, 1942Dear Mother, Dad and Bingo, Well I”™m on nights, one more night and then I”™m off, but don”™t like to go off this time ”˜cause I don”™t have so much time in the day time to run around. I”™m doing all right though. Today I”™m going to take hula lessons and I”™ll…
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LETTER: Friday, December 11, 1942
Friday, December 11, 1942Dear Mums and Dad; Just a line this morning. We just heard the news about Singapore, gee darn but that”™s too bad, but things like that do happen in the best of families eh. I was a little sick to my stomach this morn. So the patients got up and fried the…
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Letter: Friday, December 11, 1942
Friday, December 11, 1942Dear Mums and Dad; Just a line this morning. We just heard the news about Singapore, gee darn but that”™s too bad, but things like that do happen in the best of families eh. I was a little sick to my stomach this morn. So the patients got up and fried the…