World War II Chronicle

World War II Chronicle: April 4, 1942

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Page three reports that Lt. Gordon E. Bolser, who searched for Japanese planes during the Pearl Harbor attacks armed only with rifles, has been awarded the Navy Cross (his citation can be read here)… War Department communique no. 175 on page four… Page five discusses the loss of USS Langley, the Navy’s first aircraft carrier… Sports section begins on page 27


Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 4 April 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-04-04/ed-1/

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