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Seaman Herman remembered it precisely. It was 11:30 in the morning, Sunday, Sept. 13, when the Germans opened their attack. The convoy was off Spitsbergen, in the Arctic Ocean...
...thought I'd die. That boat had to stay to pick up survivors and give protection to the convoy, and there I was lying on the deck. The navy came in then. Jeeze, they were good. Then we pulled out, and had a few engagements going home, but nothing to speak...
...defenders of Malta chalked up his number last week as they fought off the latest all-out Axis onslaught. For five days swarms of Axis planes had swept over from neighboring Sicily, only 60 miles away. Somewhere in the Mediterranean, during the distraction, an Axis convoy had probably pushed through to North Africa with supplies badly needed by Rommel. But the Axis had paid heavily for the transports' passage. In the five days of almost ceaseless combat, Malta's ack-ack guns and the R.A.F.'s Spitfires had destroyed more than 100 Axis aircraft. This week Malta...
...India Government: "A pilgrim ship is slow and crowded and their sailings and destinations would be matters of public knowledge. Owing to the difficulty of enforcing a blackout in a pilgrim ship [the majority of the passengers cook, sleep and live on deck] they cannot be taken in convoy with other vessels. . . . In case of anything happening to the ships the loss of life will be heavy...
...Army announced last week that a new Australia-to-U.S. flight record had been hung up: 35 hours 53 minutes from Brisbane to San Francisco in a C87 (transport version of Consolidated's Liberator bomber). The 7,000-mile trip takes up to four weeks by ship convoy...