Text describes action on various war fronts: Japs advance to Lashio -- Allies raid Lae -- Japs attack in China -- Malta sends greetings -- Hitler in Detroit from Moscow -- Yanks in New Caledonia -- Gen. George killed -- Fourth registration -- President calls nation to new sacrifice -- Price control fixed -- Rescued crew hits sub -- U.S. movies bootlegged -- Home worries Hitler -- Eastern seaboard put under Army safeguard -- RAF 'second front' opens -- Malta stiffens fight -- Greek guerillas active -- Red commandos strike Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset map shows areas of heaviest rainfall around the Bay of Bengal. Photographs: Fortresses roamed from Australia -- Maj. Gen. Patch Jr. -- Brig. Gen. Harold H. George -- Ways will be found to deliver the planes -- The gun crew got the range -- Lt. Gen. Drum -- Germans reported Red armoured trains -- Training of U.S. Army glider pilots.

Photograph of wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses decorate and trim a small Christmas tree at Fleet Hospital in New Caledonia. Two soldiers sit on each bed with the small Christmas Tree propped up between them with a nurse on either side.

Photograph of five soldiers lying in sick beds at Fleet Hospital 107, Ward 3, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pictured on the left at the end the row of beds stands a man and women in service uniforms.

Photograph of women on the Red Cross Staff in front of the Fleet Hospital 107 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Seated on the wooden steps from left to right: Jane Mayhew, Secretary; Carolyn Perabe, Recreation; Carol Weaverling, AFD; Rebecca Van Meter, Recreation. A sign with the symbol and words "American Red Cross" is in front a building behind them.

Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia.

Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at a dance in New Caledonia. In the front of the people dancing are two tables covered in cups and tins, two women sit at the second table and a service member is leaning down to the woman on the left facing the camera.

Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia. A couple stands in the center of the photograph with the man's back turned to the camera, and there are two couples shown behind them and one just out of frame on the left.

Photograph of Carol Weaverling in uniform at a Purple Heart presentations ceremony outside the Fleet Hospital, Noumea, New Caledonia. Three men in uniform's stand behind Carol, and a woman in a white, Red Cross Nurse uniform stands on the left taking to another serviceman.

Photograph of G.I.s, nurses, and Red Cross Staff sitting at two tables talking at a dance in New Caledonia.

Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in Red Cross uniform speaks to crowd while standing in front of several servicemen and women as well as Admiral Halsey and some cars.

Photograph of a group of Purple Heart recipients taken at a Purple Heart ceremony in Noumea, New Caledonia. The recipients are in two lines, the back line all standing, and the front seated.

Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.

Photograph of an Airport Depot Group band playing at G.I. Dance in La Tontouta, New Caledonia. The band is arranged in two lines behind a small white picket fence - one row is sitting and playing the sax while the rest of the horns stand behind them alongside a drummer. On the right side sits a man playing the piano with a man standing behind him playing the bass.

Photograph of three G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia, in front of the band sitting behind a white picket fence.

Photograph of three sailors standing on a small boat beside a larger sailboat, the Evaleeta. The two sailors towards the bow are wearing long sleeved uniforms and garrison caps, the third stands further back and is wearing a light-colored crew neck shirt. The men are holding onto these long poles that run over the edge and into tires hanging off the Evaleeta. Onboard the Evaleeta three more sailors look over the railing watching the men on the smaller boat. The bow of the smaller boat has plate that reads "NOUMEA'.

Photograph of the Evaleeta crew working in front of large gears and pulling on a rope. On the left a hand with two rings can be seen resting on a cog, a man stands profile in the center in a fedora, white collared shirt, suspenders, a tie, and glasses hunched over the gears. To his right stands a man reaching up to pull on a rope in a dark jacket and brimmed hat as another man in a white shirt reaches up with him. The second man pulling the rope only has his arm visible with their body being hidden by a large pole.

Photograph of a sailor in a dark t-shirt and light-colored pants climbing up the Jacob's ladder on the Evaleeta. The photograph is taken from a distance and shows most of the deck, and a large sail. In the background a small section of land can be seen amongst the vast expanse of water.

Photograph of a man, identified only as Pong is crouched down doing dishes on the Evaleeta. He is wearing a white shirt cut at the elbows, jeans and a belt. In his hand is a bowl and a mug he is washing.

Photograph of a man standing with one leg propped up and his hand resting on his knee by the bow of the Evaleeta. The man is wearing a light-colored collared shirt and shorts. A large sail and the bowsprit can be seen behind the man.

Photograph of a man on the Jacob's ladder aboard the Evaleeta. He is dressed in a white t-shirt and dark pants rolled up at the ankles. Behind him is a large sail.

Photograph of a man crouching down on board the Evaleeta in his white underwear and glasses holding up a large fish.

Photograph taken on the deck of the Evaleeta showing Ralph Sprinkle walking in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him another sailor in shirtless and standing underneath a clothesline of hanging laundry. There are also two sailors sitting side by side on the ship's railing. The deck itself has barrels, tires ropes and buckets strew around. On the right side in the background is a hilly landmass.

Photograph of a man on the Evaleeta. He is turned away from the camera in a long-sleeved shirt and dark pants with one of his hands pulling on a rope coming off the large sail in front of him.

Photograph of Ralph Sprinkle sitting on the bow edge of the Evaleeta in a white t-shirt, dark pants rolled to his calf and a pair of sunglasses. His knees are bent, and he drapes an arm over the one on the far side.