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Brit take Verson, Canadians take Carpiquet, then join forces with Brit
Gers lift siege and yield to Danes demands; Freedom Council orders populace to resume work; conflicting repts over Copenhagen's return to normalcy noted
US paratroops reinforce Numfor Is forces; supported by tanks widen perimeter around Kamiri airfield; advance toward Kornasoren airport; capture of Jap equipment noted; US troops reptd wiping out Jap positions, east of Kamiri airdrome; drive toward 2 remaining airfields; Namber and Kornasoren airfields importance cited; Allied troops enlarge perimeter, Sarmi-Maffin Bay area; US planes raid Rabaul
US artillery fires noon salvos at single Ger target, then scatters pamphlets asking Gers how they like US way of celebrating, Normandy
Urges war bond purchases, radio s
1944Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden[†]
Leni Christina Elisabeth Björklund is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She served as Minister for Defence from 2002 to 2006.