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...problem for Stalin the statesman was to present the seriousness of the plight of Russia as an ally to Western leaders long suspicious of Stalin and his workers' State. Stalin, who had every reason to expect the city named for him to fall shortly after its heroic siege began on Aug. 24, desperately wanted aid from his allies. Stalin the politician made these desires the hope of the Russian people. He made them think that a continental second front had been promised to them, and thereby strengthened their will to hang...
What happened did everybody forget General MacArthur, he is really and truly the man of the year, by his heroic fighting in Bataan, the Japs were hampered and delayed, long enough for us to get reinforcements to Pearl Harbor, Australia, etc. He stopped the Jap horde from grasping all the Pacific, for Pete's sake pick an Army man, and that man is General Douglas MacArthur...
...from a U.S. port with the Angry among its escort, the Angry had, helped shepherd 22 convoys to their secret destinations through seas where submarines hid. Two days out of every three, the Angry had been at sea. To bigger ships, to men in situations more readily recognizable as heroic, had gone the headlines and the medals. The Angry's first task was to get each supply-chocked freighter through to safety; its second, to sink U-boats...
...hour-week law in the whole wage structure that its repeal might create more problems than it would solve. But the fact remained that the U.S. while talking "total war" was still fighting on an average overall work week of only 42 hours, as against 50 hours for a heroic Britain...
Highest U.S. award is the Congressional Medal of Honor, which President Roosevelt conferred last week on two heroic officers of the Battle of Guadalcanal: posthumously to his onetime White House aide, Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, and Rear Admiral Norman Scott. Cited also for the Medal of Honor was Commander Bruce McCandless, the 31-year-old communications officer who took command of the cruiser San Francisco when Admiral Callaghan and the captain were killed. Said the President to Lieut, (j.g.) Daniel J. Callaghan Jr.: "And so, Jud, I give you the finest thing that has ever been given to your...