Allied Jungle Front Staves Off Jap Drive Near Salamaua
Allied forces on the New Guinea front report repulsing a Japanese attack on Lababia ridge at Mubo near Salamaua. The press note notes earlier Allied advances toward Salamaus and Lee, air strikes by American Liberators and Australian Beaufighters at Taber Lane base, with one floatplane shot and others damaged.
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Boston
Huon Gulf
Salamaus
Lee
Mubo
Taberlane
Arce Islands
Darwin
Chinese Help U S Pilot Returns After Escape and Support
Thomas Clerc of Ligonier, with the 16th air force, survived a crash near Kingmen on June 6 after a dogfight and hiked toward Ichang through hostile territory. He was aided by guerrillas who escorted him across the Yangtze and shared a gift of 7000 Chinese bolts from Gen. Chen Cheng’s comfort fund.
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Thomas Clerc
Ligonier
16Th
Chen Cheng
Yangive River Bettie
Clark
Kingmen
Icane
Iehang
Yangtze
China vows to continue fight despite peace overtures
A government spokesman declared China will reject any Japanese attempts to press for a separate peace and will keep fighting with the United Nations until victory. He said Japan had launched many peace offensives in six years, all ignored by China. Another official asserted Chinese morals remain strong and warned no danger of economic collapse.
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Chusunin
Vm .A—P
China
United Nations
Bombers Hit Monywa and Rail Centers in Burma
United States Liberator bombers of the 10th air force pounded Jap-held Monywa in central Burma with eight tons of explosives. Reports say strikes hit the Monywa railway station and tracks and several Japanese warehouses. Nearby targets included Thei junction and Myingyan as Mitchell bombers flew through storms, with no aircraft losses.
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New Delhi
10Th
United States Air Force
Monywa
Burma
Monywe
Mandalay
Theii Junction
Rangoon
New Japane
Myingyan
Irrawaddy
Wainwright Well in Jap Prison Broadcast Report
A radio message broadcast from Tokyo early Wednesday claimed Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright remained in command on Corregidor and was later held in a Japanese prison camp. The message to his wife and family in Arc hend, New York, and sister in Paris Texas was picked up in San Antonio by Joe Stephens.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
MacArthur
Australia
U S Planes Aid Chinese Strike on Jap Positions
U S Army air units hit Japanese positions near Ushe Tungting in northern Hunan pouring thousands of rounds into three towns held by Japan. Chennaults air forces strafed ships on Tungting lake and the Yangtze river sinking two steamers and damaging a gunboat. Struck towns are among remaining Jap strongholds in the Tungting area and recapture would nearly restore China’s rice bowl.
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Ushe Tungting
Hunan Province
Mont. Ay
Glaire L. Chennault
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Tungting
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