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River City is Prize (Parker) – 2-3
German Counter-Blows Fail to Lessen Peril to Ortona (Bracker) – 3
Racial Groups Ask Radio Law Changes – 3
100 U.S. Planes Set Gasmata Ablaze – 4
A Hero Decorated in the South Pacific (photo) – 4
Carrier Crewmen Died as Rescuers (Horne) – 5
Spoils of War on Makin Atoll After U.S. Victory (photo) – 5
Knox Sees Us Set for ‘Job’ in Pacific – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Tests for Dewey (Krock) – 8
Air Power and the War (de Seversky) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 9-10
Russian Air Bases (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 10

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/dec1943/f15dec43.htm

Australians take Lakona on New Guinea
Wednesday, December 15, 1943 www.onwar.com

Australian troops move forward in New Guinea [photo at link]

In New Guinea... Australian forces capture Lakona, 15 miles north of Finschafen.

In Italy... The US 5th Army begins new attacks. The 2nd Corps renews its drive toward San Pietro and Monte Lungo. To the right the 6th Corps attacks as well. The 1st Moroccan Division performs well.

In the Bismarck Archipelago... The US 112th Cavalry Regiment (General Cunningham) lands at Arawe, off the island of New Britain. This is a diversionary operation. Task Force 76 (Admiral Barbey) provides naval support for the operation. There is an air attack on the Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester in support of the operation as well.