An American invasion force has made landings at Oran

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But first, here's John Daly with a summary of headline news that received in New York. The American invasion force has made landings at Oran and Al-Jir on the North Coast of French North Africa and somewhere on the West Coast.

These first official details came in a War Department communique released about an hour ago, which lifted the generals commanding the American units under Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Eisenhower. Among the commands are Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle for air, and one of America's foremost tank experts, Major General George S. Patton, commanding the forces landing on the West Coast,

indication that formidable armors units spearhead our attacks. The VICI radio supplied some details of the landings on the West Coast. They say that bridgeheads have been established, both north and south of Qatar Blantar, at Rabat in the north and at Safi in the south, and from the French report that the apparent that landing operations of a major scale are going on.

VICI also confirmed the landings on the north coast at Oran and Aljir. The German radio, quoting Spanish sources, reports that additional Allied fleet and transport units left to bother today. The committed of doubts that our invasion forces are large.

The VICI radio estimates that we have thrown 140,000 men into the operation and adds that British divisions are already on the way to reinforce it. An earlier war department communique made it clear that this operation has been carefully planned over a period of months and nothing has been left out.