[Homer_J_Simpson]

V-Mail from New Guinea. This part made me sad when I read it, knowing what the future would bring: “I’d just as soon spend as many days in jail as in a hospital.”

The part about helping a patrol cross a river by travelling pulley might be the first operational type detail we have read in these letters. It makes me yearn for more.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

This is our final leap year switch of the war. For the duration, Sundays in 1944-45 will fall on Wednesdays in 2014-15. Set your clocks accordingly.

Russians Sweep On (Lawrence) – 2-3
Liberated by the Red Army (photo) – 3
Gain on Beachhead (Bracker) – 3
Casualties of the Bitter Fighting on the Anzio Beachhead (photo) – 4
Libyan Arabs Get Help from British – 5
Peoples of Countries that Refuse to be Conquered (photos) – 5
Our First Big Burma Victory Foils Move to Invade India – 6-7
Battered Rabaul Again Heavily Hit – 7
Ground Crew Head Hears Bad News – 7
U.S. Bombers Hit Nazis in France; Pace New Pas-de-Calais Attacks (Middleton) – 8
War News Summarized – 8
War Decorations – 9
Latest War Casualties – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-13
Allies Facing Acid Test (Baldwin) – 13