World War II Chronicle

World War II Chronicle: June 9, 1943

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Page four reports that Omar Bradley has been promoted to lieutenant general while Marine Corps fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss has been promoted to major… On the following page, Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kincaid — commanding operations in the Aleutian islands — has pinned on another star. During the First World War he was a gunnery officer aboard the battleship USS Arizona. Capt. Gerald F. Bogan is also becoming an admiral. He played football for the Naval Academy before becoming one of the first Naval aviators to land on an aircraft carrier…

George Fielding Eliot column on page 10… The Sports section begins on page 16.


Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 9 June 1943. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1943-06-09/ed-1/

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