World War II Chronicle

World War II Chronicle: March 23, 1942

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War Department communique no. 154 on page five… Congress wants to award the Medal of Honor to Dorie Miller, a mess attendant who earned the Navy Cross for his valor during the Pearl Harbor attack (page six)… The Army is forcing Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast into concentration camps in California, story on page nine…

Sports section begins on page 16, and on the next page, boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn are pictured together as Army privates.


Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 23 March 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-03-23/ed-1/

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