[Homer_J_Simpson]

Defenses Crumble (Middleton, Sedgwick) – 2-3
21-Year-Old Officer Leads Way through Siegfried Line (Wolfert) – 4-5
American Troops on German Soil (page 1 photo) – 5
German Response to U.S. Army Ranges from Relief to Full Flight (by William Smith White, first-time contributor, Gorrell) – 5
United States Armor and Troops Carry the War to Germany (photos) – 6-7
Red Army Shells Enemy in Warsaw – 8
8th Army Captures Key Adriatic Ridge (by Herbert L. Matthews) – 8-9
Latest Casualties Reported by Navy – 9
Landing on Peleliu (by Robert Trumbull and Frank L. Kluckhohn) – 10-11
M’Arthur Says Japan is Doomed – 11
War News Summarized – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Theatres – 12-14

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/sep44/16sep44.htm#

Red Army occupies Sofia
Saturday, September 16, 1944 www.onwar.com

Citizens of Sofia welcome the Soviet soldiers [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... In the Baltics, Soviet forces launch an offensive toward Riga and Tallinn. In the Balkans, elements of 3rd Ukrainian Front occupy Sofia in Bulgaria which now turn west in an attempt to block the retreat of German forces in Greece.

In the Palau Islands... The US marine forces consolidate their beachhead and are engaged in a battle for control of the airfield on the island.

In the Occupied Dutch East Indies... The British Eastern Fleet sends 2 carriers and 1 battleship to raid Sigli in northern Sumatra.

In Occupied Denmark... A general strike begins in protest of recent deportations by German authorities.

In Canada... The Octagon Conference ends. Churchill and Roosevelt and their staffs conclude their meeting in Quebec to discuss strategy. There is general agreement on continuing the campaigns underway in Europe. A campaign in Burma is agreed upon. There is also agreement on British forces joining the American forces in the final campaigns in the Pacific.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

PATTON SEIZES NANCY

He'll be hearing from Nancy's lawyer any time, now. At least the soldier slapping incident didn't make a front-page headline.

[BroJoeK]

Headline: “Mac Arthur says Japan is doomed.”

For those here who hate Mac Arthur, I would cite this article as an example of Big Mac at his, ah... juiciest.
;-)