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The Midland Journal
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland
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Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard announces that 42 French warships, plus four under repair in US shipyards, will soon join the United Nations armada against the Axis. Details include two battleships, six cruisers, one aircraft carrier, seven destroyers, 14 submarines, and ten auxiliary craft. Cruisers Gloire and Georges Leygues are already active.
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Heartening news that 42 French warships, in addition to the four now undergoing repairs in American shipyards, would soon be fighting on the side of the United Nations was brought out by Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard, chief of the French naval mission to the United-States.
Admiral Fenard said that two more battleships, six cruisers, an aircraft carrier, seven destroyers, 14 submarines and ten auxiliary craft would join the United Nations armada "soon, but I don't know when."
The naval leader said that the cruisers Gloire and Georges Leygues already are in action against the Axis.
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42 french warships to join united nations armada soon; cruisers gloire and georges leygues already in action against axis
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Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard announced that 42 French warships, in addition to four undergoing repairs in American shipyards, would soon fight on the side of the United Nations. The ships include two battleships, six cruisers, an aircraft carrier, seven destroyers, 14 submarines, and ten auxiliary craft. The cruisers Gloire and Georges Leygues are already in action against the Axis.