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Poster for Air Forces Come Home Via Bomber (1945)

Air Forces Come Home Via Bomber (1945)

1945 · Newsreel · 7 min

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(1) "Bradley Field, Conn.: 65 U.S. bombers return over 1,000 U.S. Airforce personnel for furlough and specialized training, prior to duty in the Pacific." (2) New Cabinet Members - "Washington, DC: Thomas Clark of Dallas, Tex., becomes Attorney General, Clinton Anderson becomes Sec. of Agriculture and Lewis Schwellenbach takes oath as Sec. of Labor as President Truman makes further changes in his official family." (3) Stettinius' Plea For All Human Rights - "San Francisco, Calif., Sec. of State…

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★★★★ · An anoying name · Zatanna · 2007-02-07

A reviewer above noted the use of the name "Japs", but there is another objectional name/title used in this and other newsreels; "Yanks". At one time in American history the name "Yankee" only refered to people whoe lived in New England and there were many people from the Northern states who objected to being called a Yankee. We Americans were forever stuck with the name by George M Cohan by his song "Over There".