Current Events September 6, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1943:

One airdrome and half a dozen small ports were in Allied hands last night as the British Eighth Army drove forward against feeble opposition along both sides of the Italian "toe" and widened its bridgehead to 30 miles

with the Commando-capture of Bagnaro, ten miles northeast of San Giovanni, and Melito, 14 miles southeast of Reggio

Marauders of Eighth Air Support Command yesterday raided Nazi communication lines in Belgium to

round out a weekend in which the RAF bombed Berlin in the most concentrated raid ever made on Germany

and the USAAF struck a blow at Paris which a French radio commentator called a "prelude to the invasion of France."

When the "big push" begins in the Orient. American forces will have the lessons of Guadalcanal to guide them.

The Army's "Infantry Journal" has tabulated some of the things American soldiers learned in that fierce campaign. It was plenty.  For instance, the battle of Tenaru River on Guadalcanal actually was fought on the River Liu, a case of mistaken identity due to lack of accurate maps, something which will be eradicated in future operations.

           THE STARS AND STRIPES
           Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces '"in the European Theater of Operations
                     New York, N.Y.—London, England Monday, Sept. 6, 1943
            Allies Drive Up Italy's Toe

30 Miles of Coastline
Won as Foe Retreats;
Peace Riots Growing
Half• Dozen Ports, One Airdrome Taken
Against Feeble Opposition; Bombers
Smash Plane Fields Near Naples
One airdrome and half a dozen small ports were in Allied hands last night as the British Eighth Army drove forward against feeble opposition along both sides of the Italian "toe" and widened its bridgehead to 30 miles
with the Commando-capture of Bagnaro, ten miles northeast of San Giovanni, and Melito, 14 miles southeast of Reggio.
Allied air supremacy was unchallenged from the Straits of Messina to far north of Naples. Heavy, medium and light bombers blasted anything that moved, and Fortresses and Wellingtons carried out punishing raids on airfields near Naples. The invasion—an English-Canadian show with no participation yet by the American Fifth Army or the British First Army of the Tunisian campaign, or the American Seventh Army that swept through Sicily—brought many peace demonstrations and widespread disorders in Italy. Clashes between
the Italian people and German soldiers were reported in two southern towns and in Bologna.

Berlin AfireAs B26s Hit
Rail Centers
Marauders Attack Belgium
As Aerial Onslaught
Enters 3rd Day
Marauders of Eighth Air Support Command yesterday raided Nazi communication lines in Belgium to
round out a weekend in which the RAF bombed Berlin in the most concentrated raid ever made on Germany
and the USAAF struck a blow at Paris which a French radio commentator called a "prelude to the invasion of France."
In two nights and three days of incessant aerial activity the Allied air forces struck at the heart of the European
Fortress and pounded industry, airfields and railway centers in the Rhineland,France and the Low Countries.

Libs Level Lae
In Big Attack;
3 Ships Sunk
B24s Hit Jap Headquarters
With 85 Tons as Mediums
Attack Enemy Convoy
ALLIED HQ. Southwest Pacific. Sept. 5--
Smashing Allied air blows against the Japanese throughout the Southwest Pacific reached a new intensity yesterday as Liberators levelled the Jap base at Lae,north of Satamuuu. in New Guinea, with 85 tons of bombs.
They smashed large administrative buildings, numerous gun emplacements round the airfield at Lae, and when thebombers f i n a l l y turned away their crews saw great clouds of rolling back smoke billowing at 1.000 feet into" the sky.
The Lae raid was the most successful air blow struck against the Japanese land forces in the Pacific. Ambonia airfield was battered by waves of bombers, while other formations raided the Japanese seaplane base at
Halong. causing severe damage throughout the target area.
Strongly escorted U.S. medium bombers, attacking an enemy convoy of live cargo ships and two destroyers from mast height, sank three freighter transports, each of 7.000 tons, with direct hits,  A 1.000-ton cargo ship and one escorting warship sustained direct hits and were left ablaze.

The Lessons of Guadalcanal
Will Save Us Lives in Future
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UP)—
When the "big push" begins in the Orient. American forces will have the lessons of Guadalcanal to guide them.
The Army's "Infantry Journal" has tabulated some of the things American soldiers learned in that fierce campaign. It was plenty.  For instance, the battle of Tenaru River on Guadalcanal actually was fought on the River Liu, a case of mistaken identity due to lack of accurate maps, something which will be eradicated in future operations.
Capt. Gerald Shea, writing in the "Journal," said that Americans still w.ere too inclined to gather on the battlefield to swap stories, forgetting there might be a counter-attack.
Here are a few of those lessons learned—at cost:
Two canteens of water are the absolute minimum in any climate; field telephones should-not be answered while the soldier has on his helmet; it is best to be pleasant to captured men : all unnecessary traffic must be kept from the vicinity of the front lines.
Jungle fighters in future campaigns will have green-painted grenades, not yellow, and they'll carry sharp bayonets or bolos—along with stones with which to sharpen them.
Capt. Shea said thai on Guadalcanal he saw wooden bullets for 25-caliber rifles. They may have looked experimental, he added, but bad flesh burns soon taught the Americans who were hit by them another of those valuable lessons which will save lives in the future.