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ARMY BENEFITS

FOR UNITED STATES WAR CORRESPONDENTS. IN SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC. / (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, January 12. American war correspondents in the South-West Pacific have been informed by the United States Army that they have been granted the rank of second lieutenant. This does not in any way affect the status of the correspondent, as it exists today, it is explained. The rank is granted purely as a benefit to the correspondent and his dependants Should a correspondent be captued by the enemy, his dependants receive T'rom the Army Department the same allotment as that paid to a second lieutenant. American war correspondents will not wear insignia of rank. British and Dominion accredited correspondents, as ,distinct from official war correspondents, receive no pay or benefits from the military forces, nor do their dependants receive any benefits should they be killed, wounded or captured.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 5

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ARMY BENEFITS Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 5

ARMY BENEFITS Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 5

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