AFTER a 4½ days’ battle, American Marines on New Britain have captured Cape Gloucester and its airfield. Following an intense air bombardment, Japanese positions were stormed by the Marines, in whose support flame-throwers and artillery were used to smash pillboxes and strongpoints. After the final assault, hundreds of enemy dead were counted. ...
Article : 424 wordsGENERAL Douglas MacArthur returned personal thanks for Lieut.-General Kreuger’s “New Year Gift” message. ...
Article : 112 wordsGLOUCESTER VICTORY This scale map shows the positions of Cape Gloucester (New Britain) and points on the east coast ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsMORE than 2000 Allied aircraft of all categories—including record American formations —swept over Hitler’s western wall from Britain in daylight on Thursday in attacks against undisclosed targets in south-western Germany and along the French coast. The Allies lost only 37 bombers and fighters in the whole of the vast operations. ...
Article : 319 wordsRUSSIA: The Red Army offensive in southern Russia was developing, at such a rate that it was hard to put a limit on its ...
Article : 66 words“GUINEA GOLD” intended publishing a New Year Supplement today, but two considerations—the need to conserve newsprint and ...
Article : 82 words“WHAT Lord Louis Mountbatten wants of me is a quiet, orderly base in Bengal for the prosecution of the war against Japan. That will ...
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Guinea Gold (Papua New Guinea : 1942 - 1945), Sat 1 Jan 1944, Page 1
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