[Homer_J_Simpson]

Isle Won in 38 Days (Bracker) – 2-3
Americans First to Enter Messina (Cunningham) – 3
New Allied Invasion Convoy Seen Off Sicily, Italian Radio Reports – 4
Palestine Issues Sharpen at Trial (Sedgwick) – 4
19 German Divisions Apply Martial Law in North Italy (Brigham) – 5-6
War News Summarized – 5
U.S. Planes in Shuttle Blow Attack Nazi Fighter Factory (Graham) – 6-7
Russians Advance in Bryansk Sector – 7-8
Grapes of Kindness for the Invaders of Sicily (photo) – 8
170 Enemy Planes Smashed in Pacific – 9
Sicily, a Job Well Done (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
The Versatile Jeep Takes to the Rails (photo) * – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14

Editorials, Opinion and Letters
After Sicily - 15
Inflation: Words vs. Acts – 15-16
The Clock Ticks in Norway – 16
A Loss to the State – 16
News from France – 16-17
Topics of the Times – 17
In the Strait Between Scylla and Charybdis (by Anne O’Hare McCormick) – 17-18
Letters to the Times – 19-20

* If this photo looks familiar is may be because we had a similar picture during the last year, with a jeep pulling some rolling stock. The other one was taken in North Africa. There must be something about a jeep fitted with rails wheels that stimulates photographers.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f18aug43.htm

US Navy bombards Italian targets
Wednesday, August 18, 1943 www.onwar.com

In Italy... American cruisers and destroyers bombard Palmi and Gioai Taura in Italy.