The first of the following two excerpts is continued from May 14.
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Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy
19 Bombers Lost (Moscow) – 2-3
Ready to Bring New Destruction to the Japanese (photo) – 3
Doolittle to Lead 8th in Pacific War – 3-4
Top Award Asked for B-29 Epic Fight – 4
Marines Deepen Bridgehead in Naha Despite Thick Mud (Rae) – 5
War Has Passed Their Way (photo) – 5
Two-Hour Battle Fought on Yontan After Japanese Landing on Airfield (Lawrence) – 6
U.S. Airmen Smash 33 Japanese Ships – 6-7
Russians Seem Prepared to Stay On Danish Island of Bornholm (by Kai Myring, first-time contributor) – 7
4,956 Strikes Set New Mark in ’44 – 8
War News Summarized – 8
450,000 Jobs to End on Plane Cutbacks – 9
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 10-11
The Veteran (Hurd) – 11
The News of the Week in Review
For Our Air Fleets Operating Against Tokyo a Great Base is Blasted Out on Okinawa (photos) – 12
Fifteen News Questions – 13
Okinawa is a Lesson for Invasion of Japan (Rae) – 14-15
“It’s Later Than You Think” (cartoon) – 15
“In the Pacific Theatre” (cartoon) – 15
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 15
How the Japanese Armies are Distributed (map) – 16
Our Strategic Position in China is Improving (Baldwin) – 17
