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August 30, 2017
Book Beat – Many Sparrows by Lori Benton
In 1774, Clare Inglesby is furious at her husband for leading their young family into the dangerous frontier of Ohio-Kentucky. Then Clare’s worst fears come to pass – Shawnees murder her husband and take her four-year-old son Jacob captive, and Clare goes into labor.
Frontiersman Jeremiah Ring discovers Clare, helps her deliver her baby girl, and promises to help her find her son. As an adopted Shawnee, Jeremiah has the knowledge and connections to help Clare – but he soon finds his loyalties torn and his affections divided.
Many Sparrows by Lori Benton is a beautiful tale. Clare’s desperate longing to be reunited with her son gives the story a poignant pull as she learns to trust God and release her beloved boy into His hands. Jeremiah is a compelling hero, strong and faithful and wise, but with an underlying sadness that draws you in. The lives of both the settlers and the Shawnees are rendered with such compassion and realism that the clashes between them are even more harrowing. Many Sparrows is an exquisite novel that stays with you long after the last page is turned. Savor it.
Today in World War II History—Aug. 30, 1942
US 54th Fighter Squadron P-38s, Adak, Alaska, 1942 (US Army Air Forces photo)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 30, 1942: Battle of Alam Halfa Ridge begins near El Alamein as German troops under Rommel attempt to outflank the British.
US Army lands unopposed on Adak in Aleutians to build air and naval bases.
August 29, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 29, 1942
Papuan carriers evacuate Australian casualties near Isurava, 30 Aug 1942 (Australian War Memorial)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 29, 1942: In New Guinea, Japanese break through “Gap” at Isurava on way to Port Moresby.
Australia begins sugar rationing, 1 pound per week.
New song in Top Ten: “At Last.”
August 28, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 28, 1942
Poster commemorating capture of U-94 by HMCS Oakville, 28 Aug 1942 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 28, 1942: Japanese daylight attempt to reinforce Guadalcanal fails due to US air attack; they turn to nighttime missions, dubbed the “Tokyo Express” by the Americans.
First school for WAVES officers opens at Smith College in Northampton, MA (USS Northampton); 125 women are commissioned in “fast-track” one-month course.
Off Haiti, US PBY Catalina and Canadian corvette Oakville capture German sub U-94, but sub sinks; this loss will lead the Germans to withdraw Type VII U-boats from Caribbean and Gulf.
August 27, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 27, 1942
Battleship USS Iowa ready for launching, New York Navy Yard, NY, Aug 1942 (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 27, 1942: In Portuguese East Africa, Japanese and British exchange 1000 interned Allies for Japanese diplomats, supplies, and Red Cross parcels for Allied POWs.
Battleship USS Iowa is launched, New York Navy Yard, NY (currently a museum ship in Long Beach, CA).
Movie premiere of drama Somewhere I’ll Find You, starring Lana Turner & Clark Gable, his last film before enlisting.
August 26, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 26, 1942
Douglas C-47 Skytrain of US Air Transport Command, 1940s (US Air Force photo)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 26, 1942: Mussolini’s oldest son, Benito, whom he denied, is murdered in an asylum in Mombello, Italy, where he’d been forcibly interned, age 26.
First US Army Air Force C-47 cargo planes depart for Britain (51st Troop Carrier Wing).
August 25, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 25, 1942
The Duke of Kent shakes hands with a BOAC pilot as he boards a Liberator of Ferry Command, Prestwick, Scotland, 1941-43. (Imperial War Museum)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 25, 1942: RAF officer Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of King George VI, is killed in a plane crash in Scotland, age 39, the first death of a member of the Royal family in military service in 450 years.
Japanese land at Milne Bay on Papua New Guinea.
August 24, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 24, 1942
Bomb exploding on the flight deck of carrier USS Enterprise during Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942 (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 24, 1942: In the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, aircraft from carrier USS Saratoga sink Japanese carrier Ryujo; Japanese carrier aircraft damage carrier USS Enterprise.
In one of the last cavalry charges in history, Italians successfully charge Soviets at Izbushensky, Russia.
US and Mexico agree to allow Mexican temporary farm workers in US; 200,000 Mexican braceros will work in US during war.
US poster, WWII
August 23, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 23, 1942
Children’s Khorovod (Barmaley Fountain), Stalingrad, Russia, Aug 1942 (public domain via WW2 Database)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 23, 1942: Battle of Stalingrad officially begins: German Army Group B reaches the Volga River near Stalingrad.
August 22, 2017
Today in World War II History—Aug. 22, 1942
Soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Monte Castello, Italy, 29 November 1944 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Aug. 22, 1942: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy after 16 ships lost to German U-boats, opening airbases to cover Allied shipping and opening the South Atlantic air route; Brazil will be the only South American country to send troops to fight overseas—Brazilian troops will serve with distinction in Italy.
Germans reach northern suburbs of Stalingrad.
Capitol Records releases its first hit, Ella Mae Morse’s “Cow Cow Boogie.”
