[Homer_J_Simpson]

The index by author on Homer’s profile is now updated through April 17, 1942.

Navy Men on Isle (Hurd) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Dazed, Weary Troops Reach Corregidor under Foe’s Fire (by Dean Schedler, first-time contributor) – 4
Bataan Fall Laid to First Air Blow (Lee) – 4-5
Big Warship Sunk by U.S. Submarine – 5
Marshall Seeking an Offensive Now (MacCormac) – 5-6
Japanese Invaders Taken Prisoner at Bataan by U.S. Forces (photos) * – 7-9
Japanese Dive-Bombers Destroy Carrier Hermes in Bay of Bengal (Daniell) – 10-11
Air Forces Mount in Australia Area (Curthoys) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 13-15
Air Power in the War-II (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 15

* Under the circumstances this seems like a strange subject for a photo display.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f11apr42.htm

Soviet amphibious assault in Crimea
Saturday, April 11, 1942 www.onwar.com

Soviet naval infantry coming ashoreOn the Eastern Front... In the Crimea, Soviet landings at Eupoatoriya are contained by the German 11th Army.

In Burma... The Japanese forces in the Irrawaddy Valley strike against the British forces first.

[abb]

About time to take a look at one of the forts in Manila Bay, Fort Drum - aka the “Concrete Battleship.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Drum_%28El_Fraile_Island%29
http://concretebattleship.org/index.htm