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February 19, 2022
February 19, 1942
Exclusion Order posted at First and Front Streets in San Francisco directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry, 1 April 1942 (US National Archives: 536017)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 19, 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing designation of military zones and removal of certain persons, which will lead to the internment of Japanese-Americans.
Largest-ever attack on Australia: 242 Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin and Broome, sinking 12 ships, destroying almost all aircraft, and killing 243.
Canadian parliament passes a conscription law.
Explosion of MV Neptuna, hit during the Japanese air raid on Darwin, Australia, 19 February 1942 (Australian War Memorial: 128108)
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February 18, 2022
February 18, 1942
British troopship HMT Queen Mary returning US troops from Europe, New York, NY, 20 June 1945 (US Navy photo 80-GK-5645)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 18, 1942: Japanese land on Bali, cutting ferry link from Australia to Java.
In Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, destroyer USS Truxtun and US stores issuing ship Pollux ground in a storm and are lost; destroyer USS Wilkes grounds but frees herself; citizens of St. Lawrence take great risks and save many sailors.
British troopship HMT Queen Mary (former ocean liner) carries US soldiers for the first time, bound for Australia (See my photo tour of the Queen Mary).
The post February 18, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 17, 2022
February 17, 1942
US recruiting poster for the Navy Seabees, WWII
80 Years Ago—Feb. 17, 1942: First Seabees arrive in the Pacific, on Bora Bora in American Samoa to build an airfield.
In Singapore, Japanese send 3,000 British civilians to Changi prison and 50,000 British, Australian, and Indian POWs to Selarang Barracks.
The post February 17, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 16, 2022
February 16, 1942
Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1941, the sole survivor of the Bangka Island massacre (Australian War Memorial: P03960.001)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 16, 1942: At Bangka Island, Japanese massacre 200 civilians & 22 Australian nurses fleeing Singapore; Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), is the sole survivor.
German U-boats shell tankers and refineries in US-held Aruba and Curaçao, the first sinkings in the Caribbean.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy approve a wartime three-year, year-round program (Read more: Pharmacy in World War II).
The post February 16, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 15, 2022
February 15, 1942
” British Army Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival and his party on their way to surrender Singapore to the Japanese, 15 Feb 1942 (Imperial War Museum: HU 2781)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 15, 1942: Fall of Singapore: British Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival surrenders to Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, 64,000 POWs taken, the largest surrender in British history.
In California, “enemy aliens” are ordered to be removed from restricted military zones.
The post February 15, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 14, 2022
February 14, 1942
Japanese paratroopers landing in Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 13 Feb 1942 (Japanese Navy photo)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 14, 1942: USSR begins universal labor conscription.
Japanese land on Sumatra at Palembang.
Japanese kill 323 physicians, nurses, and patients at Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
Polish Armia Krajowa (Home Army) is formed for resistance fighters.
New song in Top Ten: “Remember Pearl Harbor.”
US poster commemorating Pearl Harbor, 1942
The post February 14, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 13, 2022
February 13, 1942
80 Years Ago—Feb. 13, 1942: US, Dutch, and British ships fail to stop Japanese ships bound for Palembang, Sumatra.
Final Allied ships, including small craft, leave Singapore; Japanese aircraft sink several ships carrying refugees.
The post February 13, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 12, 2022
February 12, 1942
Battleship USS Nevada refloated after being sunk on 7 Dec 1941 and ready to be moved to dry dock, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 17 Feb 1942 (US Navy photo: NH 50105)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 12, 1942: “Channel Dash”: Royal Navy and RAF detect and attack German fleet transferring from Brest, France, to Wilhelmshaven, Germany; little damage to German ships; 42 British aircraft & 17 German aircraft are lost.
US Tenth Air Force is activated at Patterson Fd. OH, under Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton, to be based in New Delhi, India.
Battleship USS Nevada is refloated at Pearl Harbor, will sail to Puget Sound, WA, for repairs—she will participate in the bombardment of Normandy on D-day.
Patch of the US Tenth Air Force, WWII
The post February 12, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 11, 2022
February 11, 1942
Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg, CA, June 1942 (US National Archives)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 11, 1942: US Army occupies Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies with permission from the Free Dutch.
US Army begins construction on Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, California.
US War Production Board takes DuPont’s supply of nylon (Read more: Stocking Shortages in World War II).
In Montréal, French-Canadians riot against conscription plans.
The post February 11, 1942 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.February 10, 2022
February 10, 1942
Wrecked Hurricane aircraft, British Malaya, 8 Feb 1942 (Japanese government photo)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 10, 1942: Japanese secure Borneo.
RAF withdraws from Singapore to Sumatra.
Last automobile comes off US assembly lines for the duration, a Ford (Read more: Metal Shortages in World War II).
Glenn Miller receives the first gold record ever awarded for selling 1 million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
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