[Homer_J_Simpson]

The index by author on Homer’s profile is now updated through July 15, 1943.

War Aides on Trip – 2-3
Border Move Laid to ‘Leaks’ of Information to Germans – 3
War News Summarized – 3
New Assault Ships Set for Invasion – 4
A One-Man Raid on Axis Trains and Planes in Northern France (photo sequence) – 5
Over-all Food Control (Krock) – 6
The Monsoon and War (Baldwin) – 7
Stilwell Returns to His China Post – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f16jun43.htm

Americans shoot down 93 Japanese planes
Wednesday, June 16, 1943 www.onwar.com

In the Solomon Islands... US fighters from Henderson Field claim to have shot down 93 Japanese aircraft from a force attacking shipping assembled for operations against New Georgia Island.

In the United States... Operation Husky. The first convoys bound for the invasion of Sicily leave port.