Monday, September 14, 1942. Truman speaks.

Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri delivered a speech on developments in the War Program.

The Japanese effort at Edson's Ridge on Guadalcanal draws to a close in a Marine Corps victory.

US bombers stationed at Adak bomb the harbor at Kiska, damaging two Japanese submarines.

Stalingrad experienced fierce fighting and. . . frost.

The Japanese reached Ioribaiwa Ridge and attack, but the Australians hold out.

The Chinese take Wuyi.

Day two of Operation Agreement proves an Allied failure.

The Yankees took the 1942 American League Pennant, beating out the Cleveland Indians.

Saturday, September 12, 1922. The Battle of Edson's Ridge and the Laconia incident commence.

Japanese forces, believing that the Marines have only 2,000 men on Guadalcanal, when in fact there are 12,000, attack Edson's Ridge.  The fighting, which commences at night, is intense and confused, but the Japanese make little progress.

Edson's Ridge after battle.

The U-156 sinks the British troopship Laconia in the South Atlantic, which is carrying a mixed group of Italian POWs, civilians and military personnel.  The submarine surfaced to pick up survivors, and was surprised to find that many were Italian.