Saturday, August 28, 2010

Current Events August 23, 1942; REDS DRIVE NAZIS BACK/ U. S. GAINING IN SOLOMONS

                           The Delta Democrat


GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, SUNDAY. AUGUST 23,1942



Reds Drive Nazis Back Northwest Of


Stalingrad
In Suprise Attack; U. S.
Forces In Solomons Slay 670 Japs



MARINES RAID


IN GILBERTS


MAKIN ISLAND


President's Son, Major


James Roosevelt,


Second In Command

By Walter B. Clausen

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii



American Rangers Ready To Tackle

Anything Now; Tougher, The Better

LONDON, Aug. 22. (AP)—Four

American rangers who believe

they may have been the first United

Slates soldiers to fight on

French soil in this war when they

scrambled ashore at Dieppe with

British Commandos agreed today

they're ready to tackle almost

anything after their experiences

In that foray.

GERMANS IN

RETREAT LEAVE

BIG SUPPLIES

Russians Believed

Counter-Attacking, On

Several Fronts

By Eddy Gilmore

MOSCOW, Aug. 22 (AP)—

Red army men drove back the

Germans, in the Kletskaya

area on the Don bend northwest

of Stalingrad by a surprise

attack last night while

the Germans generally main-:

tained the initiative in other

southern theaters, the Russians

said today.

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