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Strives to Rescue OPA and OWI Funds – 4
Attack in France – 5-6
Allies Bomb Ports in Sicily and Italy – 6
Allies Put First in Heavy Bombing – 6
Spitfires Smash Raid on Darwin; Down or Damage 22 of 48 Planes – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Escort Carrier Helps Convoys Win Five-Day Battle with U-Boat Packs (MacDonald) – 8
Chinese Capture Four More Towns – 9
African Air Force Immense Weapon (Sheean) – 11
‘Cockpit of History’ (Baldwin) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-14
Chinese Amateur Radio Operators Visit Chungking Plant (photo) – 14

3 posted on 06/21/2013 4:31:33 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f21jun43.htm

US Marines land at Segi Point
Monday, June 21, 1943 www.onwar.com

Marines disembark off the coast of New Georgia [photo at link]

In the Solomon Islands... On New Georgia, the 4th Marine Raider Battalion lands at Segi Point in the south. There is no Japanese garrison there.

4 posted on 06/21/2013 4:33:04 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))