Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Papua, New Guinea, 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 19 November-12 December 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 November 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943
Elite Guard Gains – 2
Britain to Unchain Nazis Tomorrow (Anderson) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Rain Slows Battle (Daniell) – 4
Japanese Repulsed at Buna after Gona Falls to Allies – 5
Buna Beach Fight Led by Sergeant (Durdin) * – 5-6
General Chennault is Optimistic on China’s Prospects of Victory (Atkinson) – 6-7
Tojo Says Japan Can Win in Pacific – 7
Poles Ask Allies to Halt Slaughter – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 9-10
Atlantic Convoy Needs (Baldwin) – 10
* Staff Sergeant Herman Botcher was a platoon leader in G Co., 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd I.D. He received a battlefield commission and eventually was promoted to Major. He was killed in action on Dec. 30, 1944 on Leyte Island. Before he died the German-born Bottcher learned that by a special act of Congress he had been granted U.S. citizenship.