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Continued from July 29.

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Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers

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Shimizu Attacked (Lawrence) – 2-3
Kenney’s Fliers Rip Carrier, Blast 35 More Japanese Ships (Kluckhohn) – 3-4
British Attacking Way to Singapore – 4
War News Summarized – 4
American Navy Battering the Japanese Homeland from the Sea and Air (photos) – 5-6
Chinese Invading Indo-China Passes – 6
New Sitting Today (Daniell) – 7
Connally Proposes Truman Alone Name League Delegate – 7-8
United Nations Will Create World Educational Body (Fine) – 8-9
Arabs Will Resist Jewish Homeland (Gruson) – 9-10
Churchill Refuses Knighthood Honor (by Herbert L. Matthews) – 10
Revised Summary of Damage at Kure – 10
U.S. British Mine Equipment Asked in European Relief Plan (by C.L. Sulzberger) – 10-11
Helicopters Seen as Aid to Combat – 11
State Instructs Veteran Advisers – 11
Forrestal Lauds Record of Waves – 12
The Waves Celebrate Their Third Anniversary (photo) – 12
British Tories Win More in Commons – 13
Urge Appointment of More GOP Judges – 13
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 15
Move On to Annul Wac Wedding to Schultz; Captain Eager to Clear Girl’s Name in Case – 15

[PeterPrinciple]

Churchill Refuses Knighthood Honor

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He is not a alone. But it has been diluted much in lately?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declining_a_British_honour

Info on the order of the garter which Churchill declined:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter

Here is info on British honors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_United_Kingdom