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...danger was still greater in the south. There Nikolai Vatutin's army of half a million men had torn a 200-mile gap in the lines of Field Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein, and was now racing into the pages of history with furious momentum...
...synagogue's honor roll was defaced with "Jew Boys" scrawled among the names of servicemen. One rabbi had his shingle torn down, his window stoned, his beard yanked by hoodlums as he walked on the street. Another reported that children sneaked into his open synagogue, dumped the prayer books in toilets...
...body armor developed for the Eighth Air Force (TIME, June 14) a new, lightweight protective helmet has been added. Like the flak suit, it is the invention of the Eighth's smart air surgeon, Brigadier General Malcolm Grow, for protection against low-velocity missiles: flak, spent bullets, metal torn loose by enemy gunnery...
...other, greater offensives were mounted elsewhere, the Allies were succeeding, to a limited extent. After the Nazis hurried reinforcements down from the north, Montgomery and Clark between them engaged some twelve enemy divisions-probably fewer than the Allies had in Italy, no more than the Germans had in guerrilla-torn Yugoslavia...
UNRRA's international health policy will consist of helping war-torn governments to get their own health services working. This will be done by providing "equipment and supplies, personnel, expert advice, facilities for technical training...