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The Bomb Blast
A 464th Bomb Group Newsletter
Cpl. M. Feldman, Editor
July 15, 1944
Headlines: "Red Army Blitzing!"; "How're We Doing?"; "Uneasy Rests the Crown"
July 22, 1944
Headlines: "Herky Heads Home"; "Allies Push Forward in Normandy - Slow But Quite Sure"; "What's Cookin'"
July 29, 1944
Headlines: "Teutons Toppling"; "Historical Repetition?"; "Electric Pilot Used in Fortress Bombings"
August 5, 1944
Headlines: "GIs To Vote!"; "Chaplain's Flimsy"; "Hits and Errors"
August 12, 1944
Headlines: "All Front Advancing"; "Nazi Generals Don't Feel Very Well!!!"; "Scoops and Poop from the Squads"
August 19, 1944
Headlines: "Allies Continue Advance"; "CO's Commentary"; "Pieces from Here and There"
August 26, 1944
Headlines: "Allies Smash Ahead"; "What's Wrong With The Germans?"; "The Wailin' Wall"
The Putt-Putt
A 464th Bomb Group, 776th Squadron Newsletter
Issue 1: S/Sgt. John F. Kennedy, Editor
Issues 2 and 3: Sgt. Vance M. Edwards, Editor
Publishing date unknown, possibly beginning of Nov. 1944
Headlines: "Thisa and Thata": Squadron commended for sending home $18,175; "Roar of the Line": Battle for the b**** of the week; "The Wailing Wall": Beer being chiseled in the officer's club
Publishing date unknown, possibly the middle of Nov. 1944
Headlines: "The Wailing Wall": Flying personnel want a leave duty schedule; "Down the Line": Why did the night Wheel in the Engineering Dept. shave off the folingo under his nose? "Thisa and Thata": A big Jamboree is scheduled to be held Thanksgiving Day at the EM Service Clu
Publishing date unknown. Appears to be the end of Nov. 1944
Headlines: "The Wailing Wall": Requesting a review of club leadership. "Thisa and Thata": "I hear a braying from over in the direction of the 'Screeching Wall'..."; (Illegible column head) Column by Sgt. John H. Shelby: The men from the squadron are considering the formation of a club to discuss and debate current issues
The Tower
A 464th Bomb Group Newsletter
Chaplain Eastwood, Editor
26 November 1944
Headlines: "Scrooge or Santa Clause," "Meet Chaplain McCahey," "Suffer little children to come unto Me, For of such is the kingdom of heaven"
03 December 1944
Headlines: "Out Of The Mud," "What Are We Doing
Here Anyway," "Where Free Men
Worship"
10 December 1944
Headlines: "464th Leads Wing," "Group 5 Grabs A Close One," "Chow Line Chatter" by A Seventy-Niner
17 December 1944
Headlines: "Meet The Wheels," "A Bundle Of Sticks," "The Music Box"
24 December 1944
Headlines: "The Greatest Gift," "Inside the Seventy-Seventh," "Meet The Boys" by Joe Stewar
31 December 1944
Headlines: "GI Joes Thrill Bambinos, Thousand Kids Pack Theatre For Christmas Gifts," "Con Molto Espressione," "One World"
08 January 1945
Headlines: "Storm Shatters Shoo-Shoo, Queen of the Skies Finds Snowy Grave," "Group 5 Takes 5," "Good Will Toward Men"
14 January 1945
Headlines: "With Malice Towards None," "Waste," "Beauty"
21 January 1945
Headlines: "Stars," "Meet the Cogs,"by Joe Stewart, "A Letter Home"
28 January 1945
Headlines: "Our Neighbors in White," "Stop Thief!," "Be Your Own Fortune Teller" by
04 February 1945
Headlines: "Stand Down," by Capt. Allen Orton, "Bored? Here's Your Answer," "Hobnobbing With Headquarters"
11 February 1945
Headlines: "Suppose It Were You?," "So, You Want a Puppy," "A Year Ago, Remember?" by Capt. Kieling
18 February 1945
Headlines: "Merit Recognized," "The Oxygen Check," "One Out Of 365"
25 February 1945
Headlines: "Divided We're Conquered," "Have You Read?," by William L. White, "Crews In The Blue"
04 March 1945
Headlines: "Observations," "A Statement of Intentions," "The Human Soul"
11 March 1945
Headlines: "Hitler Should Not Die," "What It'll Be Like," "Chaplain's Flimsy" by Chaplain Eastwood
18 March 1945
Headlines: "Have You Prepared For The Future?," "Jewish Passover," "778th Wins Table Tennis Title - Become Wing Champs"
25 March 1945
Headlines: "Low Level Man Gains Altitude - Col. A.J. Bird, Jr., New Group Commander," "The Earth Movers," "Easter Parade"
01 April 1945
Headlines: "He Is Risen," "A Large Mind," "Espenshade In Checker Finals"
08 April 1945
Headlines: "What's That Car?," "Ideas Have Legs," "A Nocturnal Phantasy" by JKG
15 April 1945
Headlines: "Comes A Time," "Our Post Express," "Inside the 77th" by
22 April 1945
Headlines: "The Silent Guardian," "Spirit of '76," "After The War, Then What?" by T/Sgt. Harry Kaplan
29 April 1945
Headlines: "The Silent Guardian, Part II," "See For Yourself," "Information and Education"
These newsletters have been archived by the government. Copies of these newsletters were obtained from the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Field, AL by Robert "Bob" Hoskinson (464th BG, 778th Sq.). Bob has contributed the copies made available here and has generously given me permission to offer these .PDF newsletter files for free download to those of you who are interested in reading them.
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