IS Polly Peabody, a nurse with the American Scandinavia Field Hospital at Grong, Norway, near Namsos, scene of almost continuous German air raids for the past week, told of her experiences for the United Press.
Ever since the arrival of French troops at Namsos near here on Ajril 19, she stated, the town has been bombed almost daily, reducing the once prosperous port to a shambles now deserted by most of its civilian residents, First the Germans started by attacking military objectives but they quickly went on to destroy the entire town systematically.
"I was the only American witness in Namsos on April 28 when one of the most severe German bombings occurred. Large four-motored planes rained incendiary and high explosive bombs on the power section of the town and on the remains of the port. Then, flying low, they machine-gunned anything that moved, pursuing fugitives through the torn-up streets.
"The Red Cross worked on for a
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