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Richard Dimbleby of BBC describes the view while flying over Normandy. He notes, “all our chaps driving on the right-hand side in the continental style.”

Richard Dimbleby, BBC

Richard Dimbleby

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St. Lo Threatened (Middleton) – 2-4
U.S. ‘Heavies’ Bomb Close to Our Lines (Graham) – 4
Nazis in Carentan Defy Ultimatum (by Henry T. Gorrell, Marshall Yarrow, and John W. Jarrell, all first-time contributors) – 4-5
American Landing Aided by Terrain (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 5
Montgomery Finds Grip on Beach Firm – 5
German Outposts Alerted by Phone – 5
Our Paratroopers on Alert in a French Village (page 1 photo) – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Avezzano is Taken – 7-8
Allies Invade Brac in 5-Day Assault (by Milton Bracker) – 8
Russians Advance 15 Miles, Take 80 Villages in Karelia (by W.H. Lawrence) – 9
Eaker Leads ‘Forts’ on Soviet Shuttle – 10
Helicopters Enter Mass Production – 10
Marianas Struck by U.S. Task Force (by George F. Horne) – 11
Burma Road Drive Regains Lungling – 12
Japanese Push North from Canton in a Dangerous Threat to Railway – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 14-16
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 16
Lieut. Kennedy Cited as Hero by the Navy for Saving Men of PT Crew in Solomons – 16