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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Meet in Monterrey (Lawrence) – 2-3
Pay-As-You-Go Tax is Favored by 79% (Gallup) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Height is Stormed (Kluckhohn) – 4-5
Germany’s Gamble on Tank and Dive-Bomber Held Lost (Sulzberger) – 5
3 U.S. Aces Made in Sunday Battle – 6
British Occupy Kerkennah Islands in Gulf of Gabes without a Shot – 6
Red Army Attacks on Kalinin Front – 7
Helicopters Used in U-Boat Patrols – 7
The Hornet Was ‘Shangri-la’ for Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid (Shalett) – 8-9
Japanese Tell Their Version of Shangri-la to Give People of U.S. ‘the Full Story’ – 9
‘Shangri-la’: It Was the Deck of an Aircraft Carrier that Led to Tokyo (photos) – 10-11
Text of War Department’s Account of Raid on Tokyo April 18, 1942 – 12-14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 15-16
3 posted on 04/21/2013 6:23:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/apr1943/f21apr43.htm

Japanese decide on a new chief for Navy
Wednesday, April 21, 1943 www.onwar.com

Admiral Koga [photo at link].

From Tokyo... Admiral Koga is appointed to succeed Yamamoto as Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

In Tunisia... An Axis attack around Medjex el Bab is defeated.


4 posted on 04/21/2013 6:25:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I guess Pvt. Cobb learned that Negro soldiers shouldn’t shoot white officers.


7 posted on 04/21/2013 12:18:38 PM PDT by PAR35
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