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February 13, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 13, 1942
75 Years Ago—Feb. 13, 1942: US, Dutch, and British ships fail to stop Japanese ships bound for Palembang, Sumatra.
Final ships, including small craft, leave Singapore; Japanese aircraft sink several ships carrying refugees.
February 12, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 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)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 12, 1942: “Channel Dash”: British detect and attack German fleet transferring from Brest, France to Wilhelmshaven, Germany; no damage to German ships; 42 British aircraft lost.
US Tenth Air Force activated at Patterson Fd. OH under Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton, to be based in New Delhi, India.
Battleship USS Nevada refloated at Pearl Harbor, will sail to Puget Sound, WA for repairs.
Patch of the US Tenth Air Force
February 11, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 11, 1942
Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg, CA, June 1942 (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 11, 1942: US Army occupies Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in Dutch West Indies with permission from Free Dutch.
US Army begins construction on Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, California.
US War Production Board takes DuPont’s supply of nylon.
In Montréal, French-Canadians riot against conscription plans.
February 10, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 10, 1942
Wrecked Hurricane aircraft, British Malaya, 8 Feb 1942 (Japanese government photo)
75 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).
Glenn Miller receives first gold record ever awarded for selling 1 million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
February 9, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 9, 1942
Troopship USS Lafayette, on fire in New York harbor, 9 February 1942 (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 9, 1942: French liner Normandie, which had been seized by the US and renamed the troopship USS Lafayette, burns at pier in New York, capsizes next day.
US institutes War Savings Time: year-round daylight savings time.
US Department of Justice requires German, Italian, and Japanese nationals to register for Certificates of Identification by Feb. 28.
Britain begins to ration soap (4 oz/month).
US poster about War Savings Time, WWII
February 8, 2017
Book Beat – Light That Fractures
Geena Morisi’s life hasn’t turned out as she expected. Raising her baby niece after the tragic death of Geena’s twin sister a few months earlier, Geena has put her art studies on hold. Now as the New Year begins, Geena makes a choice to set aside her bitterness and anger for little Ana’s sake. But when a suspicious check arrives in the mail, Geena’s world is thrown into turmoil again.
Light That Fractures is the first in a series of novellas by Marcy Weydemuller that tells of six women leaning on each other and learning to lean on the Lord. Geena’s story is a lovely introduction. The Morisi family is warm and real, and Geena’s struggle with bitterness and forlorn dreams draws you in and touches your heart. Weydemuller writes with heart and depth. Please don’t miss the first novella in the White Stones series.
Today in World War II History—Feb. 8, 1942
Firefighters at work after Japanese air raid on Singapore, 8 February 1942 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 8, 1942: Japanese invade Singapore from north.
Fritz Todt, German Minister of Armaments and Munitions and designer of the Autobahn, is killed in a plane crash; Albert Speer is named to replace him.
February 7, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 7, 1942
75 Years Ago—Feb. 7, 1942: “Double V” campaign proposed by Pittsburgh Courier, the leading black newspaper, to fight for victory at home and abroad.
New songs in Top Ten: “A String of Pearls” and “Deep in the Heart of Texas.”
US Navy Atlantic Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit established at Boston, MA, under Capt. Wilder Baker.
February 6, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 6, 1942
The first destroyer escort built by the US for the British, HMS Bayntun, Boston Harbor, 8 Feb 1943. (US Navy photo)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 6, 1942: Japanese take Samarinda, Dutch Borneo.
Germans take Benghazi, Libya.
Congress approves $750 million for construction of 1799 ships for Royal Navy, including 250 destroyer escorts; US Navy ends up saving all but 75 destroyer escorts for its own use.
February 5, 2017
Today in World War II History—Feb. 5, 1942
Patches of the US Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Air Forces
75 Years Ago—Feb. 5, 1942: Japanese begin bombarding Singapore from Malaya.
First US C-47 cargo plane lost in combat, strafed by Japanese Zeros on Bathurst Island, Australia.
US National Naval Medical Center is established in Bethesda, MD.
US Far East Air Force renamed Fifth Air Force; Caribbean AF renamed Sixth AF; Hawaiian AF renamed Seventh AF; Alaskan AF renamed Eleventh AF.
