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[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle]
Magazine clipping recounting the story of how an American tugboat, the "Intent," traveled from Port Arthur to Massawa during WWII to open a bottleneck for the 8th Army and save North Africa for the Allies. Some parts of the article have handwritten notes and underlining. The back of the second page has text from portions of other articles and advertisements.
Date:
November 13, 1943
Creator:
Dorcy, Biddle & Kiesling, Barrett C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: British Cracked Down On King Farouk in 1942]
Newspaper clipping describing British-Egyptian relations in 1942. The British demand that the king of Egypt name a premier that favors the Allies politically, while the British tanks sit at the palace gates. The back of the page shows part of an advertisement.
Date:
June 3, 1945
Creator:
Tucker, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: British Said to Have Used Tanks to Force Farouk to Name Pro-Allied Premier in '42]
Newspaper clipping describes how the British forced King Farouk of Egypt to name a Pro-Allied Premier in 1942 using military force. The back of the page has clips from several different articles.
Date:
June 3, 1945
Creator:
Tucker, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History