[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nazis Creep Ahead (Parker) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Marines Attacked – 4
Big Patrol Action Waged by Marines (Hurlbut) – 5
Second Round Won in the Solomons (Hailey) – 5-7
M’Arthur’s Fliers Smash Up Foe at Buna Airfield in New Guinea (Darnton) – 8
Vichy Troops Rush at Dawn to ‘Test’ of City’s Defenses – 8
New Marine Base Sets Training Pace * – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 11-12
Letter Says Nazis Hanged 45 Women – 12

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 13
Russians See Stalingrad as Key to the War (Parker) – 14-15
In Australia’s Outpost Islands (map) – 16
New Guinea Fight Rages amid Gorges and Jungles (Darnton) – 17-18

*Camp Rancho Santa Margarita takes too long to say. Let’s just call it Camp Pendleton.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/sep42/f13sep42.htm

British desert raiders strike airfields
Sunday, September 13, 1942 www.onwar.com

A vehicle used by the Long Range Desert Group [photo at link]

In North Africa... The airfields at Benghazi and Barce are attacked by British units of the Long Range Desert Group. The British also attempt an amphibious landing at Tobruk, it is repelled with heavy losses.

In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal, the Japanese attacks intensify. The American forces hold them off with difficulty, aided by effective artillery support.

In the Arctic... Convoy PQ-18 leaves for Archangel. It is provided with a large escort including a carrier, fares much better than the last convoy (in June). It loses 13 ships in the course of the voyage (September 12-18), but the Germans will lose 20 planes and 2 U-boats.

[BroJoeK]

Haven't seen a Baldwin column in some time.
Is he on vacation?

;-)

[henkster]

Just an observation about the layout of the Times today, as part of a trend I’ve noticed over the past few months.

The average reader may not appreciate it, but we are at the crucial turning point of the war. With the invasion of Midway and the battles in New Guinea, the Japanese expansion has been stopped and the battles of attrition on her perimeter have begun. The Germans are at high tide in Africa, and while they had the British on the run in July, Montgomery appears to have checked them at El Alamein. The biggest pending threat is at Stalingrad, where it appears the fate of the war is being decided.

In other words, these are absolutely momentous historical events. Yet the front page of the Times has condensed the news of the fighting into one article, and while it is the major story, it’s sharing a lot of space on the front page.

I think this is an indication that the war has been “normalized” into the daily fabric of American life, and is now just as accepted as a fact of life, almost like the weather and the major league pennant races.