[Homer_J_Simpson]

Halt in Philippines (Hurd) – 2
Prome is Imperiled (Anderson) – 3-4
U.S. Medical Missionary Toils on Toungoo Front * – 4
War News Summarized (with the bottom line chopped off. Sorry.) – 4
China’s Leader Inspects Units Bound for Burma Front (photo) – 5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 7-8
Noble, Jones Face 3 Sets of Charges – 8 **

* Dr. Seagrave gets a mention in the “Stilwell” excerpt from March 8 (see reply #3) . He sounds like a mensch.

**Also see page 8 of yesterday’s post.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f02apr42.htm

Japanese threaten to encircle British
Thursday, April 2, 1942 www.onwar.com

Japanese troops equipped with bicycles in BurmaIn Burma... Continuing Japanese advances cause the British to retreat from Prome to avoid encirclement.