Monday, April 19, 2010

Current Events April 19, 1942; AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (AEF) TRAINED FOR INVSION:


The Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday Morning, April 19, 1942.
AEF to Join Commandos in Assaults On Enemy Territory, Marshall Says;Fliers to Bomb Germany Soon
General Reviews Soldiers
In N. Ireland, Reports
Two Corps Trained
For Invasion
Army There Growing
Steadily, He Avows
Hopkins Says Production
Battle Virtually Won,
Sees Hard Fight
WITH UNITED STATES
TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND,
April 19.—(Sunday)—
(INS)—Two whole American
army corps already have been
specially trained and equipped
to stage commando assaults Into
enemy territory, George
C. Marshall, American chief of
staff, revealed at the close of a
two-day Inspection of United
States forces In Northern Ireland.

Raiders Bear U. S. Insignia Bombs Leave Fires in 4 Jap Cities
Nipponese Indignant, Call
First Mainland Assault
'Inhuman,' Declare
Damage Slight
Washington Refuses
To Confirm or Deny
Alarms Shriek Throughout
Empire Seven Hours;
Foe Caught Napping
By International News Service
Japan suffered air attacks for
the first time in history Saturday
when bombers, identified as
American, struck----

City of Cebu Falls.
Island Fight Raging
Small American-Filipino
Force Resists Attempts
To Penetrate Interior
Of Historic Isle
Corregidor Silences
More Guns on Bataan
Hits Also Scored on Roads
And Bridges—Air Raids
On Forts Continue
WASHINGTON, April 18. —
(INS)—The historic city of Cebu,
second largest in the Philippines,
has fallen in flames to the
Japanese, but heavily outnumbered
American-Filipino troops
are still fiercely resisting the enemy's
attack.

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