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November 1, 1943

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Headlines from November 1, 1943

5TH ARMY GRINDS ON; Captures Two Towns as Eighth Army Flanks Road to Isernia U.S. SHIPS SHELL ENEMY American Planes Return to Genoa and Strike Targets on Italian Riviera 5TH ARMY GRINDS ON IN ITALIAN ADVANCE

By Milton Brackerby Wireless To the New York Times

Ital mainland action: 5th Army makes 1 to 3 mi gains at west end of Allied line; captures Nocelleto and Ailano and crosses Savone River; 8th Army captures San Massimo height dominating road to Isernia in central sector; US warships in Gaeta Gulf shell targets behind Ger lines; Allied fliers bomb Genoa area and Ital Riviera targets; Perugia airfield bombed; Ger E-boats attack on Naples harbor, Oct 21, reptd

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Americans in Battle on Choiseul;

By Frank L. Kluckhohnby Cable To the New York Times

Solomon Islands: US forces clash with Jap troops between Voza and Sangagai, Choiseul; Jap fliers fail in effort to harass Allies by night raids; Allies balk Jap attempt to reinforce Choiseul or Treasury Islands; strafe Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville; fire 4 Jap cargo ships; scout planes attack Jap destroyers, Planet Harbor, Munda; damage 2; Allies raid Kara airdrome, Buin

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Notable Births

Salvatore Adamo

1943Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter[†]

Salvatore Adamo is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. By the second half of the sixties, Adamo had become the world's second best-selling musician after The Beatles. Through his career, he sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide, making him the best-selling Belgian artist of all time, and one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world.

Jacques Attali

1943Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant[†]

Jacques José Mardoché Attali is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant.

Historical Events

3rd Marine Division

1943World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.[†]

The 3rd Marine Division is a division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan. It is one of three active duty infantry divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group forms the III Marine Expeditionary Force. The division was first formed during World War II and saw four years of continuous combat in the Vietnam War. Today, elements of the 3rd Marine Division are continuously forward deployed and forward postured to carry out the US Government's mission of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific in conjunction with its sister services.