[Homer_J_Simpson]

Billboard Top Ten for the Week of March 24, 1945

#1 - “Rum and Coca-Cola” - Andrews Sisters
#2 - “My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time” - Les Brown, with Doris Day
#3 - “Candy” - Johnny Mercer, with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers
#4 – “My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time” - Phil Moore Four
#5 - “I’m Beginning to See the Light” - Harry James, with Kitty Kallen
#6 - “A Little on the Lonely Side” - Frankie Carle, with Paul Allen
#7 – “Accentuate the Positive” - Johnny Mercer, with Pied Pipers
#8 – “Accentuate the Positive” – Bing Crosby, with the Andrews Sisters
#9 - “Dream” - Pied Pipers
#10 - “I’m Beginning to See the Light” - Duke Ellington, with Joya Sherrill

[Homer_J_Simpson]

3d Wins Firm Hold (Middleton) – 2-3
Lieut. S.R. Gregg Wins Medal of Honor; Bayonne Man and Kelly Once Buddies – 3
Patton Confounds Foe by New Rhine Crossing (map) – 4
New Rhine Bridgehead Won Without Loss of Single Man (by Edward D. Ball, first-time contributor) – 5
Jurist’s Son Is Wounded Going to Aid of Two Men (w/photo) – 5
Air Fleets Flatten Nazis Around Ruhr (Gruson) – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Berlin is Epitome of Bombing Effect – 7
Oder Bridgeheads Reported Merged – 9
Soviet Drive is On For a Record Crop (Sulzberger) – 9-10
Mikolajczyk Sees Yalta Aim Balked – 10
U.S. Carrier Lost in Battle Off Iwo – 10-11
Bastion of Baguio Won by M’Arthur * – 11
M’Nutt Would Defer Philippine Freedom In Interests of Rehabilitation Program – 11
A Submarine Commander Gets the Nation’s Highest Award for Valor (photo) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 13-15

* From the article: “Thirty-third Division men waded the Naguilian River behind a rolling artillery barrage after the Japanese had blown up the 250-foot bridge and took the city of 15,000 people against light resistance.”

BroJoeK’s father is with the 33rd ID.