[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Navy Forces Land – 2-3
Netherland Parties Dissolved by Nazis – 3
The International Situation – 4
Baltic Battle On – 4-6
Girl Golfers in Shorts Upset Troops’ Morale; Gen. Lear, a Witness, to Discipline His Men – 6
Nazis Claim Break in the Stalin Line – 6-8
Off to Make Their Daily Call on Other Side of the Channel (photo) – 8
Palermo Blasted by R.A.F. Bombers – 9
Military Sideshows – 10
Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 11-12
Wider Draft Term to Go to Congress – 12
Soviet Army Lists Exploits of Fighters – 13
Moscow Feels War as Children Leave – 13

[ken5050]

Many thanks for this post. My dad was based on iceland for just over a year. He left college ( Wisconsin, after his freshman year) for pilot training..he flew C-47's...they were used for U-boat patrols. He was among the first to arrive on Iceland. At the time, the US was still trying to maintain the appearance of neutrality, so they preferred using unarmed transports for patrol. The often saw Uboats on the surface. More effort was devoted to using the information to direct the convoys away fro the subs path, than to intercept them. He often described iceland as cold, and boring..

He then went to England with the 8th USAAF..dropped paratroops on D-Day..was shot down twice, and made it back both times..