Sure of Adoption (Crider) – 2
Raids Ring Island – 3
Nazis Said to Fear Denmark Invasion – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Foe’s Bombers Lose Heavily in Fighter Trap Over Attu (Shalett) – 5
They Have Sunk 250,000 Tons of Japanese Shipping (photo) – 6
Books Published Today – 7
Retaliation: Japanese Raze Chinese Towns Seeking Our Tokyo Raiders (photos) – 8-9
Japanese Vengeance Described by Priest – 9
Army Says Test Proves Use for Helicopters * – 10
The Helicopter Passes a Test for War Service (photos) – 10-11
Marching Through the Marshlands: Red Army Scouts (photo) – 11
Axiom Again Proved (Krock) – 12
Pacific Strategy Opens (Baldwin) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 13-15
Collapsible Stretcher, Worn Like Gas Mask, Invented by New Yorker Serving in Britain ** – 15
* There was [sic] no references to the disagreement between Army and Navy men as to the usefulness of helicopters.
Navy men didn’t think helicopters would be useful in ASW? How about search and rescue? Seems like failure of imagination on the navy’s part.
** Trying to visualize. Failure of imagination on Homer’s part.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f26may43.htm
US troops press Japanese garrison on Attu
Wednesday, May 26, 1943 www.onwar.com
Fighting continues on Attu Island [photo at link].
In the Aleutian Islands... On Attu American forces make some progress along the Clevesy Pass. There is heavy fighting over Fish Hook Ridge.
In Canada... Meat rationing is introduced throughout the country.