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U.S. War Department (November 21, 1942)
Communiqué No. 244
North Africa.
There were engagements between enemy mechanized columns and Allied advance elements in Tunisia as a result of which the enemy was driven back. U.S. and French units have participated with the British First Army in these preliminary actions.
Royal Air Force bombers and U.S. Army B-17 heavy bombers of the 12th Air Force have successfully attacked the airfields at Bizerte and Tunis. In bombing and strafing attacks on our forces between Bone and the Tunisian border on Nov. 18, four enemy aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft fire and five by Royal Air Force fighters. Six RAF aircraft are missing.
The French North African Commission has published the following:
There is granted full and entire amnesty to all persons who favored Allied action in Africa.
U.S. Navy Department (November 21, 1942)
Communiqué No. 197
South Pacific.
On November 18:
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Although enemy patrols were active, Army and Marine Corps forces advanced the western flank of our positions on Guadalcanal Island to the westward of Point Cruz.
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Army Lockheed “Lightning” fighters shot down three “Zeros” in the Buin area in addition to those previously reported in Navy Department Communiqué No. 196.
On November 19:
- U.S. patrol activity on Guadalcanal resulted in the advance of our outpost line. About 35 Japanese were killed. U.S. forces suffered few casualties.
On November 21:
- Eleven attack missions against enemy installations on Guadalcanal were carried out by our aircraft.
- Ground forces engaged in minor activities on Guadalcanal.
A recent dispatch from VAdm. Halsey, whom the President nominated yesterday for temporary promotion to the grade of Admiral, has confirmed that the damage inflicted on the enemy, which was announced in Navy Department Communiqué No. 195 is in addition to that reported in Navy Department Communiqué No. 194.
The Pittsburgh Press (November 21, 1942)
‘African Dunkirk’ near for Nazis
Germans caught in small zones in Tunisia, face trap in Libya
By Edward W. Beattie, United Press staff writer
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JAPS FACE DISASTER IN NEW GUINEA
MacArthur’s men soften foe at Buna
Americans fighting 500 yards from main Jap airfield
By Brydon C. Taves, United Press staff writer
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Japanese face 2-pronged push
Knox sets foe’s ship toll at 28 in Solomons
By Sandor S. Klein, United Press staff writer
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Milk saving plan, minus rationing, prepared for U.S.
Civilian curbs on butter and cheese consumption are programmed; price adjustments and subsidies seen as encouraging production
Retail coffee sales stop a midnight tonight, coffee rationing goes into effect Nov. 29, and today it is revealed that preparation for a nationwide milk conservation program are expected to be completed “within a matter of days.” A War Production Board order last night “froze” cold storage butter supplies in Pittsburgh and 34 other market areas throughout the country. Rationing of fluid milk is not contemplated, but definite curbs on dairy products are planned.
Coffee sales stop tonight
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