[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 26.

John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All-Out Push is On (Hurd) – 2-3
U.S. Carrier Wasp Lost in September – 3
Wasp Crew’s Battle with Fires to Save Carrier Told by Skipper (Hailey) – 4-5
Desert Army Firm (Anderson, Sedgwick) – 5-6
Red Army Holding in Seesaw Combat (Parker) – 6-7
War News Summarized – 6
Plane Superiority Won in the Pacific (Baldwin) – 8-9
Curb on Gen. MacArthur Denied by Australia’s Foreign Minister – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

[iowamark]

In the first year of the war, we have lost four carriers: Lexington, Yorktown, Wasp, and Hornet. We have only the damaged Saratoga and Enterprise left in the Pacific. New carriers are on the way, but it will be several months until the first, the Essex, is ready for action.