[Homer_J_Simpson]

Homer’s father has now arrived at the current location of the 32nd Infantry Division . The return address of this V-Mail letter is H.Q. Co., 2nd Bn., 128 Infantry. The division is based at Camp Cable, about 30 miles south of Brisbane, Australia.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The really bad microfilm is past for now. The quality will be better through May, which is as far as I have gone. The index by author on Homer’s profile is now updated through April 30, 1943 - HJS.

Big Push Started (Sulzberger) – 2-3
North African Raiders: Ours Returned, Nazis’ Did Not (photos) – 3
Red Army Poised for Next Big Push (Parker) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Official Table of Consumer Point Values for Meat, Fats, Fish, and Cheese – 5
Japanese Go West (Morris) – 6
Major Air Stations Built in Solomons (Trumbull) – 7
Nazis Execute 3 Munich Students for Writing Anti-Hitler Pamphlets (Axelsson) – 7
Keynes Proposes World Currency (Daniell) – 8
Flags to Be Presented to Crew of Polish Destroyer (with photo) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11
Rachmaninoff Dies in California at 70 * – 12-14
Eden’s Trip to U.S. Held Exploratory (by Harold Callender) – 14

* While reading the obituary you might open another browser tab and listen to the following selection to create the right atmosphere. The video/slideshow also has some interesting photos of the composer.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Van Cliburn, with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony