This interview is with John Dennison, who was of the same age as our John and served time in Greenville SC. (He discusses Greenville SC at 13:46). John Dennison talks about how they would fly for a few hours have a few hours off and fly again, gaining both day and night flying experience. This shows that Greenville Army Air Base was truly on an around-the-clock schedule.
Citation: Conley, Denver, Hillsboro Vfw Post 9094, and John Blair Dennison. John Blair Dennison Collection. 1940. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.11778/.
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“Yankee” is a word almost everyone has heard—but most don't know quite what it means. Some people love it—especially baseball fans who root for the New York Yankees. Other people hate it, as the word started as an insult. Still others think it's simply a silly description for people who live in a certain geographic area of the United States.
Yankee is sometimes abbreviated as “Yank.” People from all over the world, including Great Britain, Australia, and South America, use the term to describe Americans. (In Spanish, it’s spelled yanqui.) Sometimes it's a negative description, while other times it's used as a playful term.
Citation: “Yankee.” Education. National Geographic, May 22, 2022. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/yankee/.
Tunisia - 17 November 1942-13 May 1943
At this time, the campaign in North Africa had been going strong for about six months, and in February of 1943 General Omar Bradley made his way to the area for a final push against Axis forces. By May, the Allies final push caught the German soldiers unawares, shocking them as British armored cars rolled into Tunis in Tunisia on May 7, 1943
With victory in Tunisia, the Allies expelled Axis forces from North Africa, thereby taking a giant step toward victory in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The United States Army had contributed significantly toward that accomplishment. The victory in North Africa, however, did not come without substantial cost. Of 70,000 Allied casualties, the United States Army lost 2,715 dead, 8,978 wounded, and 6,528 missing. At the same time, however, the Army gained thousands of seasoned officers, noncommissioned officers, and troops whose experience would prove decisive in subsequent campaigns. These soldiers of all ranks would not have long to wait or far to go, for their next campaign was only two months and 150 miles away: the island of Sicily.
Citations:
Anderson, Charles R. “Tunisia.” U.S. Army Campaigns of WWII. U.S. Army Center of Military History, October 3, 2003. https://history.army.mil/brochures/tunisia/tunisia.htm.
“World War II: Rare and Classic Photos from the North African Campaign.” LIFE, January 17, 2020. https://www.life.com/history/world-war-ii-rare-and-classic-photos-from-the-north-african-campaign/.