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air force gains noted
Unity hailed by Gen Chiang Kai-shek, Flag Day message, to Roosevelt; by Gen Eisenhower; Dr Wang Chung-hui cites cooperation
US fliers down 25-33 Zeros over Russell Islands; 6 US planes lost; 4 pilots saved; Buin and Buka raided; Malaita battle rept revised
Named RAF new tactical force comdr
1943Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer[†]
William Harold Wheeler Jr., is an American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hairspray.