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Part of the German tank forces had been beautifully feinted out of position by a preliminary thrust at Evrecy, southwest of Caen. Then the real blow was hurled east of Caen, as Allied tanks, vehicles, infantrymen moved forward. The battlefield was spectacular, wreathed in clouds of golden yellow dust, through which the sullen sun shone like a dull copper disc...
...wards accommodate 50 to 70 men each. The 40-odd officers bunk four and six to the room. The X ray, the pharmacy and all the assorted medical and surgical equipment are as good as in the best U.S. hospitals. But to the marine or soldier arriving from the battlefield's filth, the most wonderful thing about the Solace is the food. The night I was there supper was chicken a la king and strawberry ice cream...
...taken by U.S. troops in the drive across the Pacific. The Japs, who knew its value, gave it up hard. Their losses: 16,000 dead, 1,000 prisoners, countless others missing in the caves where they were buried by explosive and by bulldozers. In this dispatch from the battlefield, TIME Correspondent Robert Sherrod tells of the Japs' last stand...
...just while she was on the subject, "the President himself has no first-hand knowledge of war either, we might add. Like his little boy friends, Pearson and Winchell, he stayed far away from the battlefield of the first World War.* Although at that time a young man, and in perfect physical condition, he did 'his bit' as Assistant Secretary of the Navy-right here in Washington...
They had won the distinction of three special communiqués from General Eisenhower's headquarters. Not only did they seriously damage Nazi communications to the Normandy battlefield, they also fought Nazi divisions in skirmishes and pitched battles; they were keeping ten of them tied down in the interior of France...