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Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

2 posted on 06/15/2013 6:01:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Transport Bagged – 2
The News of the War Summarized – 2
Allied Air Blows on Reich Force Big Shifts of People * – 3
Sicilian Airfields Battered Afresh – 4
Russians Strike on Three Fronts, Repel Attempt to Cross Donets – 4-5
Daring Attack by 3 American Destroyers Routed Japanese Fleet Off the Aleutians – 5
Yanks in England Pose Social Issue (Bracker) – 6
New Center Heals Wounded Soldiers – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 7-8

* Excerpt: In the companion raid by other Fortresses on Kiel, 100 miles north of Bremen, headquarters said that crewmen were so busy using their guns against German fighters that cameras were largely unused and it was impossible to ascertain the results immediately.

22 of the 76 B-17s assigned to Kiel were shot down. No wonder they didn’t have time to take snapshots.

3 posted on 06/15/2013 6:02:56 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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