The A-Z of ASL and WWII

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Alexander, Harold, Field Marshal

 

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H.M.S. Barham - British battleship sunk by U-Boat

 

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F4U Corsair.

 

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William O. Darby - leader of 1st, 3rd, & 4th Ranger Battalions, until Anzio debacle.
Later became assistant division commander of 10th Mountain Division, until KIA in Italy 1945

 

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Dowding, Hugh. Chief Air Marshal, RAF

 

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Ersatz

An inferior substitute often applied to food in the Axis countries in the later days of the war.

 

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Falaise pocket

 

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Gunnin

 

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Handley Page Hampden

 

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U.S.S. Indianapolis - American heavy cruiser, delivered atomic bomb components to Tinian. Sunk by Japanese submarine 1945.

 

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Johnnie Johnson, Air Vice Marshal, RAF

 

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Kleinschmidt

One of the 2 Half Squads

 

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Lithuania

 

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Medrow, Robert

 

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RAF Northolt

 

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Oppenheimer

 

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Palermo

 

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Quick-firing ordnance

 

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Regia Aeronautica

 

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Stars and Stripes

GI newspaper