[Homer_J_Simpson]

Vast Drives Go On (Parker) – 2-3
Velikiye Luki a German Cemetery, Says Moscow Scouting Nazi ‘Lie’ – 3
A Lesson in Winter Warfare on the Russian Front (photos) – 4
Americans Get 23 (Kluckhohn) – 5
‘Daisy Chain’ Flier Glad to Land Again (Gallagher) – 5-6
Giraud Held Keen to See De Gaulle – 6
War News Summarized – 6
St. Nazaire Bombed; 7 U.S. Planes Lost (Daniell) – 7
U.S. Battleship’s Green Crew Bags 32 Planes, 4 Warships (Shalett) – 7-8
Allies Kill 650 in Buna Clean-Up, Turn to Japanese at Sanananda (by F. Tillman Durdin) – 9
MacArthur Mastery Seen Proved Once Again in Success at Buna (by Col. Frederick Palmer) * – 10
British Fliers Hit Foe’s Burma Base – 10
Unrest Reported at Japanese Camp – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 13-15
All Our Aircraft in War Get Names – 15

* Col. Palmer’s last article we posted was published October 1, 1939 and titled “Early Peace Seen as Real Prospect.” So take this for what it’s worth.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jan1943/f04jan43.htm

Red Army Pushes Germans Back
Monday, January 4, 1943 www.onwar.com

Soviet troops advancing [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus, the Soviets capture Nalchik. Chernyshkovskiy on the Chir River is also captured by Red Army troops.

In New Georgia... US Task Force 67, commanded by Admiral Ainsworth, bombards the Japanese base at Munda. A second group of cruisers and destroyers is in support of the effort. Proximity fuses for antiaircraft ammunition is used for the first time by one of the vessels involved in the bombardment.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

U.S. Battleship’s Green Crew Bags 32 Planes, 4 Warships (Shalett) – 7-8

From the article: "Although the name of the gallant ship, for security reasons, could not be revealed, the Navy gave full credit to her commanding officer, 51-year-old Captain Thomas Leigh Gatch of Annapolis, Md."

That would be the South Dakota.

Thomas Leigh Gatch