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Villages Retaken – 2-3
Nazi Army Claims Novorossiisk Base (Brigham) – 3
Mass Execution of Soviet Citizens by the Nazis (photo) – 4
Heaviest U.S. Raids (MacDonald) – 5
Rommel, Mauled by Allies, is Back Where He Started – 6
Rommel Strength Deemed Reduced – 6
Nazis Try to Find Out How It Was Done (photo) – 7
British Farm Drive Opens Social Vista (Kluckhohn) – 8
Chinese Advancing in Chekiang; Speed to Outskirts of Tungyang – 8
Emblems Being Carried by United States Planes (photo) – 9
Disney Supplies Heraldry of War; Some Emblems in Pacific Battles – 10
War News Summarized – 10
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 11-12
5 posted on 09/07/2012 4:31:02 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/sep42/f07sep42.htm

Marine Corps raiders hit Japanese base
Monday, September 7, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the Solomon Islands... A force of Marine Corps Raiders, 600 in strength, attack the Japanese base at Taivu. The raid succeeds in damaging the base and disrupting the Japanese preparation for an attack on the main American position at Guadalcanal.


6 posted on 09/07/2012 4:33:20 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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