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...Gave the nation's thanks and Presidential citations for "extraordinary heroism" to the men of eight aircraft carriers - the Belleau Wood, Bunker Hill, Cabot, Essex, Hornet, Lexington, San Jacinto and Yorktown...
Last week, on San Jacinto Day (the anniversary of Texas' independence), Aggies the world over held their first postwar muster. Wherever two or more met, they called the names of classmates who had died. But on the Texas A & M campus itself, where 10,000 mustered, the dead were so many (696 in World War II) that the list was abridged. The names of the four dead Medal of Honor winners were called. In strained, choked voices, four Aggies answered, "Here...
...state has long tried to buy the tired-out battleship Texas, which it wants to moor in the San Jacinto River as a battle memorial. But negotiations have been held up for lack of money for a mooring. Half seriously, last week, the Lone Stars were suggesting that every Texan in service be fined $1 for bragging about Texas. Thus, they figured offhand, a million dollars could be raised...
Next day, on the 107th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which Sam Houston had trounced the Mexicans and assured Texas' independence, Avila Camacho returned the visit by accompanying Franklin Roosevelt to Corpus Christi. After Avila Camacho left, Franklin Roosevelt's movements, free of military censorship for 24 hours, were again shrouded in secrecy...
...Jacinto, 1836, where Sam Houston won Texas from Mexico. U.S. casualties: two dead, 23 wounded...