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...southwestern Sicily, fought inland past Barrafranca (see p. 34}, fought for Caltanissetta and (with the Canadians) for Enna in central Sicily. After that, the Italian Army in western Sicily simply quit fighting. Two divisions, the 206th Coastal and 4th Livorno, had shown some spirit. Others, including the 26th and the 28th Infantry Divisions, fought little or not at all. Sicilian militia and thousands of regular soldiers quit the ranks, melted back into their fields and their towns. The British took General Giulio Cesare Gotti Porcinari, and the soldiers said...
First important step in this drive was the capture of Barrafranca, a town of stone houses at the end of a narrow valley, guarded on either side by three rugged hills and many smaller ones. The veteran 1st Division's 26th Infantry Regiment was assigned to take these hills, thus opening the way into the town. With the regiment's 2nd Battalion, one of three in the action, was TIME Correspondent Jack Belden. His report, which arrived last week, is of a battle as it looks to the soldier in battle, with all its desperation, irrelevance and confusion...
Harvard bills should be paid by the 26th (if we've received then). Letters from Midshipmen Tweedy and Borth-wick this week were interesting. See Wachs and "Breck" for a look; it's worth while...
Khaki uniforms, for which we were fitted this week, must be paid for, and training over at Baker certainly shows that it is wise to pay for them as soon as possible. Deadline on Coop rebates for payments on khakis will be August 26th. Pay before then and you're getting outfitted at highly reduced rates. Maintain the account as a current liability and cost of fixed assets goes up ... or as we might have said two weeks ago much more simply. "Get it paid and you get it wholesale...
Second best news currently (and probably better news when it goes into effect) is that khakis will be permitted off station on weekends beginning June 26th. So weekend perspiration will be a thing of the past. You will be able to open your pores Saturday noon and stick to mental perspiration in the classroom...