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Get 500,000 Bombs – 2-3
Russian Infantrymen Attack through Snow near Velikiye Luki (photo) – 3
French in Tunisia Smash Tank Drive – 4-5
War News Summarized – 4
A Slow-Moving but Sure-Footed Supply Train in Tunisia (photos) – 5
U.S. Chutists, Month Among Nazis, Escape Tunisia Net in Axis Truck – 6
U.S. Camera Men Cut Off by Tanks (Post) – 6
R.A.F. Bombs Ruhr in First 1943 Blow (Daniell) – 6-7
Berlin Thrown Into Rage by War Guilt Disclosures (Hulen) – 8
Guadalcanal Action Indicates Foe’s Destroyers Infest Sea (Hurd) – 9
The Yuletide Spirit: U.S. Troops in England (photos) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 11-12

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jan1943/f05jan43.htm

Japanese Withdrawing from Guadalcanal
Tuesday, January 5, 1943 www.onwar.com

In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal the Japanese begin their planned withdrawal. US forces fail to take note of the evacuation. Japanese resistance on Mount Austen is maintained despite growing American pressure.

In Tunisia... British forces make small gains near Djebel Azzag, west of Mateur. The US 5th Army, under the command of General Clark, becomes operational.

On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus the Soviets take Prokhladny. Red Army forces consolidate their gains farther north by taking Morozovsk and Tsimlyansk.

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U.S. Camera Men Cut Off by Tanks (Post) – 6

From the article: "The adventures of three members of a United States Navy photographic unit, who spent about three weeks 'cruising' among forward units of the British First Army in the Tunisian campaign, taking pictures, being cut off by the Germans and helping to destroy German tanks, were described today by two officers of the unit, Lieutenants John McClain and Kenneth M. Pier, both of Hollywood."

This experience would be valuable preparation for McClain when he was involved in a siege of the Nakatomi Plaza building in Los Angeles at Christmas 1988.