[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bazooka"

[Peter Reitan]

The May 6 reference is dated 1943, not 1942, on the image of the page. That issue is misdated in the newspapers.com database.
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1942  _Hinton Daily News_ (West Virginia) 06 May 5/1 Soldiers at Fort
Warren, Wyo., test a "bazooka" (over log rampart), Army's new weapon
which can be carried by a lone man and enables him to [illegible] out
pillbox gun emplacements.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115562510/bazooka/

On 12/31/22 12:33, Peter Reitan wrote:
> I have a history of =E2=80=9Cbazooka=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Ckazoo=E2=80=9D=
 on my blog.
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> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2017/05/bazoo-kazoo-bazooka-from-playful.htm=
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> The earliest example of =E2=80=9Cbazooka,=E2=80=9D for the hand-held ro=
cket launcher, is January 1, 1943.
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> =E2=80=9CThere is one weapon which, with typical Yankee impudence, alre=
ady has been nicknamed the =E2=80=9CBazooka,=E2=80=9D because of its rese=
mblance to Comedian Bob Burns=E2=80=99 famous musical instrument.=E2=80=9D
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> Detroit Free Press, January 1, 1943.
> https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10385055/detroit-free-press/
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> From: Shapiro, Fred<mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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> bazooka (OED, 2., 1943 [15 Oct.])
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> 1943 Yank 7 May 11  Recently made known to the public was Ordnance's la=
test=3D
>  giant killer, known as the Bazooka.
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