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May 18, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 18, 1944
Polish soldiers inside the ruins of the Monte Cassino monastery, Italy, 18 May 1944
70 Years Ago—May 18, 1944: Poles take Monte Cassino and the abbey; British take Cassino town. First air evacuation from Myitkyina Airfield in Burma: Japanese planes strafe the C-47s on the ground, many are wounded, but two flight nurses are unharmed.
May 17, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 17, 1944
Chinese crew of a 105-mm howitzer at Myitkyina, Burma, May 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—May 17, 1944: Chinese troops and Merrill’s Marauders (US) take Myitkyina airfield, the only hard-surfaced field in northern Burma. US 879th Engineer Aviation Battalion arrives at Myitkyina Airfield by gliders and opens airstrip that night.
May 16, 2014
Cover Reveal! Where Treetops Glisten
It might be almost 100 degrees here in California, but I’m thinking snow…
It’s such a joy to reveal the cover for Where Treetops Glisten, a World War II Christmas novella collection coming from WaterBrook Press September 16, 2014! Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and I have had a blast writing these stories about three siblings from Lafayette, Indiana during World War II.
Where Treetops Glisten is now available for pre-order on ChristianBook.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million!
Here are the story blurbs…
White Christmas by Cara Putman
A candy maker and a puzzle manufacturer have one thing in common: love is the last thing they’re looking for and the very thing they need.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Sarah Sundin
A fighter pilot running on empty, a lonely widow, and a little girl searching for what she’s lost—will an unusual Christmas gift fill their hearts again?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Tricia Goyer
As Christmas nears, a combat nurse offers care and cheer to injured soldiers on the front line, but when her patients and the Dutch villagers discover it’s her birthday they work together to give her a great gift—a reason to believe in love again.
McCord’s Candies in Lafayette, Indiana, where Cara’s heroine works (called Glatz Candies in WWII)
Columbia Street in Lafayette, Indiana, with the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in the background.
The home in Lafayette where my heroine lives.
Today in World War II History—May 16, 1944
70 Years Ago—May 16, 1944: Nazi attempt to liquidate Roma (Gypsy) “family camp” at Auschwitz is met with armed resistance; Nazis postpone until August.
May 15, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 15, 1944
70 Years Ago—May 15, 1944: Nazis begin deportation of Hungary’s 440,000 Jews.
May 14, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 14, 1944
US troops entering Santa Maria Infante, Italy, 14 May 1944 (US Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—May 14, 1944: In Italy, US II Corps breaks Gustav Line, opening route to Rome.
May 13, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 13, 1944
Adm. Karl Dönitz
70 Years Ago—May 13, 1944: In drive for Rome, French troops break through Gustav Line into Aurunci Hills. In a raid off the English coast, German torpedo boat S-141 is sunk; Klaus Dönitz, the only surviving son of Adm. Karl Dönitz, is killed.
May 12, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 12, 1944
Monte Cassino. (US Army Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—May 12, 1944: Operation Diadem: US Fifth & British Eighth armies launch offensive on Gustav Line in Italy, crossing Rapido River and assaulting Cassino.
May 11, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 11, 1944
British 99th Light AA Regiment, Cassino, Italy, 12 May 1944. (Imperial War Museum)
70 Years Ago—May 11, 1944: Allied drive to Rome opens before midnight with artillery barrage from Cassino to the Tyrrhenian Sea. German Oblt. Oskar Kusch, former commander of U-154, is executed for anti-Hitler views, betrayed by his second in command.
May 10, 2014
Today in World War II History—May 10, 1944
James V. Forrestal, US Secretary of the Navy
70 Years Ago—May 10, 1944: President Roosevelt appoints James V. Forrestal as Secretary of the Navy. At Heart Mountain relocation camp in Wyoming, 63 Japanese-Americans are indicted for resisting the draft.
