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January 15, 2014
Today in World War II History
Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker (USAF Photo)70 Years Ago—Jan. 15, 1944: Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker assumes command of Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (US 12th & 15thAir Forces, as well as RAF, Italian and French air units in the Mediterranean). New songs in Top Ten: “My Ideal” and “Star Eyes.”
January 14, 2014
Today in World War II History
War Relocation Authority Center at Manzanar, CA3 July 1942 (US Government)70 Years Ago—Jan. 14, 1944: Eligibility for the draft is restored for Japanese-American Nisei, causing mixed reactions in internment camps.
January 13, 2014
Book Beat - Shadowed by Grace by Cara Putman
Italy...World War II...Romance...If you enjoyed these elements in my novel On Distant Shores, here's a novel you'll love!Cara Putman's Shadowed by Grace introduces photojournalist Rachel Justice as she follows her dream of creating art and telling the story of the war, while searching for the Italian father she's never met. The Army brass entrusts her to Monuments Man Lt. Scott Lindstrom, who hopes to find and preserve works of art and return them to their rightful homes.
From colorful Naples to magnificent Florence, Shadowed by Grace takes the reader on a tour of wartime Italy. Soaring language, deep characters, engrossing history, a riveting plot, and a heart-pounding romance . . . do not miss this story!
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—Jan. 13, 1944: Chinese gain control of Tarung River line in Hukawng Valley, Burma.
January 12, 2014
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—Jan. 12, 1944: Germans arrest 74 members of the “Frau Solf Tea Party” resistance group. US naval planes begin pre-invasion strikes on Kwajalein.
January 11, 2014
Today in World War II History
B-17G of the 94th Bomb Group, at Bury St. Edmunds,England, shows damage sustained over Brunswick Germany,
11 January 1944. (USAF Historical Research Agency)70 Years Ago—Jan. 11, 1944: In the US Eighth Air Force raid on Brunswick, the 94th Bomb Group makes a rare second run on the target and receives the Presidential Unit Citation; however, the group loses 8 B-17s. Avenger aircraft from US escort carrier Block Island attack a U-boat using forward-firing rockets for the first time.
January 10, 2014
Today in World War II History
Count Galeazzo Ciano, 193770 Years Ago—Jan. 10, 1944: Eighteen Italian Fascist leaders sentenced to death for opposing Mussolini, including his own son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano (carried out the next day).
January 9, 2014
Today in World War II History
Flight nurses of the 807th MAETS showing off theirworn-out shoes after their two-month ordeal behind
enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Albania. 9 January 1944
(US Air Force Photo)70 Years Ago—Jan. 9, 1944: Flight nurses and medics from the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron who crash-landed in Albania arrive in Italy after two months behind enemy lines.
January 8, 2014
Today in World War II History
XP-80A "Gray Ghost" (USAF Photo)70 Years Ago—Jan. 8, 1944: First flight of Lockheed XP-80 jet plane at Muroc Army Air Base, but it won’t be ready for combat until the war is over.
January 7, 2014
Today in World War II History
US Douglas C-47 Transport planetaking off in a cloud of dust from an airstrip
near Man Wing, Burma.
(US Army Center for Military History)70 Years Ago—Jan. 7, 1944: French resistance sabotages electricity supply in Tulle. In Second Arakan Campaign in Burma, RAF & US Tenth Air Force begin air supply to West African troops.
