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Nazis Forced Back – 2-3
Russians’ Mobility Increased by Cold (Parker) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Fires Set by Ships’ Big Guns on Japanese Phosphate Isle – 4
‘Bad Coffee’ Joke Causes Woman to Shoot Best Friend by Accident – 4
Pact with Czechs Signed in Moscow (Lawrence) – 5
Talk by Roosevelt to Congress on His Parley Trip Considered (Crider) – 5
8th Army Widens Moro Bridgehead (Bracker) – 6
Columbia to Honor Newspaper Heads – 6
Hope Reborn in Wounded as Hospital Train Goes West (Berger) – 7-9
The Best We Have is Held None Too Good for These (photos) – 7-8
Attrition of Nazis in Air Progresses (Graham) – 9
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 10
Italy-I (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 10
The Text of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 11-12
They’ll Be Home for Christmas (photo) – 12

5 posted on 12/13/2013 4:25:28 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/dec1943/f13dec43.htm

Mustang fighters escort heavy bombers
Monday, December 13, 1943 www.onwar.com

P-51D Mustang with long range fuel tanks for escort duty [photo at link]

Over Germany... The P-51D Mustang fighter is first used on a bomber escort mission in support of the USAAF 8th Air Force raid on Kiel.

6 posted on 12/13/2013 4:26:23 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson; colorado tanker; fso301; BroJoeK

Was anyone able to make anything out of de Severksy’s gibberish today? Or was I the only one who thought he’d had a bit more Scotch than usual?

12 posted on 12/13/2013 2:00:33 PM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)

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