I should have posted this V-Mail letter from New Guinea on Feb. 3, but I missed it. I think 2nd Batt., 128th Inf. is still in reserve in a rear area. I never read about front-line troops complaining about doing the laundry. My history of the 32nd Div. supports this since that battalion still hasn’t been mentioned in connection with the Saidor campaign – HJS.
Rich Mines Rewon (Parker) – 2-3
Spain Frees 6 of 7 Italian Ships after Anglo-American Pressure * – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Americans Wedging into Cassino after Week’s Battle in Outskirts (Sulzberger) – 4
Line below Rome under Heavy Fire (de Luce, Bracker) – 4-5
Beach Hospital in Italy Bombed – 5
Vatican Repeats Pledge of Haven – 5
Nimitz Says Issue in Europe Won’t Affect Pacific Now (Trumbull) – 6-7
Our Pacific Theatres Closely Knit for Series of Blows at Japan (Kluckhohn) – 7
‘Forts’ Pace Attack Rocking Frankfort (by Drew Middleton) – 8
Gunner in Tail of ‘Halved’ Fort Fires On as He Plunges to Death (by JamesMacDonald) – 8
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 9
The War Scene Today (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11
*This page 1 article was marked for rejection because I didn’t save the continuation on another page. Then I realized it doesn’t continue on another page. That is why it has a line through it. Carry on – HJS.
