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bonbed the Florence Campo di larte MarshalLzng Yards. The bombiag was not quite
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as good as usual due to clouds aeer the target . One flight of aix planes dropped a good concentration of incendiariea on the target. Our ground enlisted
saftball teaa xon a close game from the group headquarters enlisted team by a
score of 7-6 .
Narte biarah2
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or • ws a no d s ae t odap bs caus e of
Onr grovnd enl i at ed t eam waa
Sl e r a eat her x econna i s 8ance 1(i s ai aa t oday .
the lirst game of the regular 319th Softball League today by a acore ot 3-0 .
C+ur Squadron Ca®marbder , l6a j or
pur oppa neut s wer e t he l 37t h gr ound t e am.
C. R. Hey er s , l af t f or t h e tTni t e d St at es t o day f or a t hi r t y day l eave . ]ia 3or
J.M . Yates, Rho was tar rer y k3?th Operationa Officer will be acting C .O. xhile
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Otie o f our p l aa e s c ame b ac k f r aeu
Th ey l o s t a l l o f t h e i r pr e - s e aa on game s .
AfSri c a t o da wi t h a l o ad o f Amer i c an be er .
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today due
The m i sa an rras canc
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day h ere .
Th e M ar lene Dietri ch show appeared here today , m inue ldi ae Di strich
O ur 3qu adran had t ro
w ho i a si ck . Tithou t h er , the ahow wasn t very good .
s o t t b al l ga maa t o d,ay . The 13?t h Of f i c er a t eam b e a t ovr o f f i c er s t eam by a
score of 3- 2 . O ur ground en li st ed team b eat th e Group Headquartera ofSi cers by
a s c or e o f
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one wae a duty unless it xas absolutely necessary . Esrerycm e who cauld get
Our gro d
their hands on a vehicle xent fos a ride through the country-side.
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The Squa d r an gr otatid t eam
ha e b e en unu s ua l l y b a d f or t hi s aea s on o f t h e y e a r .
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x vn a vor t h s Squa d r e c omb at t eam by a s c or e of 19 - 5 t o day i n a l eague ao f t '
ball game
There x ere a lot of packag es in th e mail t ani ght bu t very f ew
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lettera
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dge at Inc sa , Ita . The b dge xas eThere xas a
sian today to a
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qua ron l ed t ro f l i ght a t oday . The t wo f l .i ght
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The reat he r raa
l ea der a .ere Capt . A. N. Ri ege l and l s t Lt . F . E. gi mmer y .
ve bad over the 3ea tod .
On a
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s s on t o on e of t h e A . R . b r i d g e a re s t o f Ar ez s o t oda y , t h e
nine of the thir ty aix B26 a on the raid . There was some flak on th e b omb
run b ut no oc e xa s hurt . H om bing waa not too sharp bu t it w as th oug ht that
poas3bl,y the eaat approach xa.s out . D ue t o the la t en ess of the tak e-off , com ba t crew s w ere a bl e to eat lvn ch at the Squadron . $y a speci al eff or t the cook s
ha d a l ar e
t of c h oc o l a t e i c e c r e am r e a
and a l l h n d s h a d t h s i r f i l l .
Ori aa o t he r l a t e mi s s i on Ma j or J . M. Ya t e s , our C . O. tra s f l i g i t c amoan d e r and
Capt . (Ole Ar t ) R iegel Was flig ht lead er . The forma tian mad e three passes
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d and some
over a railroad viaduct eauth of Poggibonsi . Some bombs were wdly
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x az e very c l os e . The bri dge di d not r ece i v e a di r ect hi t but
the north approach ras cratered. The boys xere back in time for a late suppCapt. (Sia ) 3impson British
er, critique, snd then a Group mass meeting,
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A. L. O. wi t h us t o l d a f er f a c t s about t he f r ont l i ne s i t ua t i oa i n I t a l y whi l e
he t r i e d t o poi nt t o hi s map a nd a t t he s aum
e t i me t al k i nt o t he a lse tri t h a
t oo s hoa t ri r e .
Lt . Col . Hol zappl e t h en gav e a r ev i enr of t he x or k done by
t he Group i n t h e pas t • ei g ht x e eks and eapl a i ned h ow re f i tt e d i nt o t he bi g
pi ct ure " . ' Yea t bal l t h e s pot t e d bi r d d og and a spec i a l f r i erri of t he Co l onel
anyhow , mounted the platforra with him and made a spectical of himself . Atter
displa ring hi s silhouette from every possible angle against the screen and
shawing how xell he kuew the Colvnel by brushing against him , he surveyed the
audietce with a satisfied look and retired from the stage so as not to glodm
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all the
The squadron had a v ery ad time of t on a ground se port
ss on near h e
f r on t l i ne s t o d ay . Two o f our p l an es . er e sh o t do n ov e r t h e t ar ge t ri t h a
l o s s o f f our t e en men i nc l u di ng l(a or J a c k M. Ya t e s s qua d r on c oeoman d er , Cap t .
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D. B . Ra t l i f f , aqua dr on op e r a t i on s o f f i c e r , Cap t . R . H. Ji l s on , f l i ght l e a d e r
an d l s t Lt . F`. T. (h•a b owe ki s qua d r en nav i ga t or . Qt h er memb e r s o f t h e s qua d r an
x ho are m issing are lst W .P . J oque , lst Lt . D .C . Dan iel s , 2nd Lt . E .T . lfilson ,
Sf Sgt . '.E . Ynssbarger , S/Sgt . K .O . Henson , 5/ Sgt . G .L . D ob son , 5/ Sgt . H .A .
A p ar t y
Gr an t S/ S g t . F . N. Coul s on S/ S g t . Y . C . Ne n i s h a n d Cp l . G. 'N. Hi l l .
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h ad b eea ach edul ed for toni gh t at tha en list ed mens club and plans were car
f e d out a c oor di n g y
Two o f t h e 8 e d Cr os s g t r l s wer e t h e r e t o pa s s ou t t h e
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t ood and th e G .I . orcheatra f rom
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vid ed some liv
Ttie Group ran a more or ess "milk run ' miasion today which was a
come
rel i e f a f t er y es t er days mi s f or t e . 4h e pr i .mary t arge t ras cl oud,p s o a ni ce
ph l i s t ed
c l us t er o f bcambs x er e put on a rai l roa d b r i dge a t Doa t epes ca l i .
combat creir men had i ce cr eam f or supper t oni g ht when t hey r e t ne d f r om t h e
71re l v e nenr damba t crew meab er s wer a recei ye d i n t he Squa dra n t oday .
mi s s i on .
l ,t; Fi f t e en mor e ,nvrr combat man rere recei v ed i n t he Squ$dron t oday . Wi t h a l l af
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the ne r personnel there i s a minor boueing shortage but this xill ba remedied
The boys bombed two bridges eouth
aa soon as a few more tents are obtained .
Capt . Arthur N . Riegel has been appointof Florence today with good results.
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till aoon b ecause of claud s aver the t arget area . Th e primary target wae
obscured so the secon d alt ernate which was a brid ge a f ear m il sa south of
L eghorn was bambed
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f l are a t o t es t t he ef f ect i vne s s of t he ca ouf l age on t he a i r cra f t di spers e d
Cap t . ( Ha nk ) J. L . Lax s on , f or mer a s s i s t a nt Squa d r on Ope r a t i ooe
on our f i e l l .
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a l l a i rcra f `t r e t urne d t o bas e ea f e l ,y .
Bamb e we r e d r opp e d at t h e Fan t ana Li r i hi ghway b r i ,dge t o day wi t h ou t s uc h goo d
r esu lt a . Siz of our n ine g -26 s were h ol ed by th e h eavy , accurate flak x hich
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x i t h f a i r ],y good r e sul t s i n bot h ]a ce a .
9 Caur Yerauders flex over Italy today but didn 't drop on e ther of th e tar,
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pl aye d t h e 43$t h enl i s t ed men a t s of t bal l t oni ght and the enl i s t e d me¢ won
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cancell ed . Some d ecid ed t o go t o ch urch in stead an d aom e x en t back to the
"eack" .
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noon m ea . During th e noon hour anoth er m i ssion was call ®d and th ose con cerned gulped th ei r chick en an d gra bbed their ateel h el.mets . Th e target waa
a b r i d g e Rhi c h t h e ene
ne e d e d t o t r a napor t s uppl i e s arv e r . TYie br i d ge ra s
r e t va ne d .
ad s s e d . I t wa s a f t e r e ' t o c l o c k whe n t h e l a ne a f
Combat crews atood by alerted today uptil three oc ock Rhan the misaion xas
In a hig ly conteated twilight game the 138th enliated mene '
called ofP .
team beat the heacquartera enlisted team 1-3 . Lt . Sam Prentice was substituted
for the headquarters uag ire when the latter appeared to be pre udice 'in same
of hi s d eci s i ans .
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ter a sevan thirty-five take off this marning combat crews re urned
before noan to find four generalB waiting in the interrogation roam to hear
their atory . These xere Lt . General Couaine, Ma or Genaral Yount , Briga.dier
General pdebster and another unid entified Brigadier General. The miaaion xae
a s ucces s 11i 1, one and t he boy s eager l y t ol d t he br as s ha t e hon+ t hey pl as t er e d
t h e t arge t . An a f t ernoon mi ss i on whi ch i nc l ude d ni ne pl s .ne s fYom our Squadron
went out
and r e t urn e d at t en a f t er e i ght . A f a i r l y, good o b
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e Narau ers thia time too. After the txo big miasions today
tbere was scarcely a combat man in the aquadron who had not put in at leaat
f ota hour s of ca nb at f
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Phi stl es and bells sound ed at f our thi s m orn iag t o s
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maaaged to get out se it caught fire. Present p there ras a tremsndous e
plos3.on as the bomb load xent off but fortunately eweryone had n tn to safety .
The aai sai on x as del aye d a f e r mi nut es x hi l e t he runway wa9 cl ear ed of de br i 8 .
A second ad ssion waa called ahort y before noon and take-off xae at ten till
t hr ee . Th e t arget f or b o t h mi s s i ons was t h e br 3d ges a f eR mi l ea wes t ot
Arezzo . The percentage of hita Yor the l,38th was not very high today but
at leaat a try xas ade.
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p ane s re u e s or t r oa d br i dge s out h of Ar ez zo was ni ce ,y caver e an a
l y af t er one oc l ock .
Zh e a t t erno on xas f i ne and t hos e who ha d t he i nc l i na t i on
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and the trana ortatian xent to the beach .
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Tanight ihere was a softball ga e between the 43Sth offi cera
planes today .
Severa l
and t he 1 39t h gr our d t eam. Tl e of f i oer s l oa t by a x i de marg .n .
barrels of beer were received today and thirsty nen were giving lusty ahouta
fsr into tha ni t .
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putting th eir b om bs in th e t arget area end all returned sh ortlp after noon .
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s qua dr an gr ound t ea m b a s c or e of 10 - 9 i n t he t e n t h i nn i ,ng .
Th e b oy s i n t h e b e a ch h ead ar e a we r e be i og he d up i n one a e c t or t o day s o
our l ar aud e r s wen t ov e r aa d r oppe d an i n t e ns e c on cen t r a t i an o f t r agmen t a t i on
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