Sarah Sundin's Blog, page 576
February 5, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 5, 1945: US Seventh and French Armies link, closing the Colmar pocket in France.
February 4, 2010
Greatness Glitters
To some extent, we all want to do great things, and as Christians, we want to do great things for God. The further we travel, the more we spend, the deeper the sacrifice, the more people saved—the better. We look up to people who do those big things for God.
Then we look at what we do. It seems so small. So trivial. And no one notices.
Naaman had that attitude. In 2 Kings 5, Elisha told him to wash in the Jordan River seven times to be cured of his leprosy. Take a bath? That's all? It wasn't bi...
Then we look at what we do. It seems so small. So trivial. And no one notices.
Naaman had that attitude. In 2 Kings 5, Elisha told him to wash in the Jordan River seven times to be cured of his leprosy. Take a bath? That's all? It wasn't bi...
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 4, 1945: Yalta Conference begins—Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan division of postwar Europe.
February 3, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 3, 1940: New song enters Top Ten: "In the Mood," made famous by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
65 Years Ago—February 3, 1945: 1003 B-17s of the US Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, destroying brutal Nazi "People's Court" and evidence against remaining conspirators in July 20 Hitler assassination plot, sparing their lives. In the Philippines, US airborne troops liberate POWs at Santo Tomas.
65 Years Ago—February 3, 1945: 1003 B-17s of the US Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, destroying brutal Nazi "People's Court" and evidence against remaining conspirators in July 20 Hitler assassination plot, sparing their lives. In the Philippines, US airborne troops liberate POWs at Santo Tomas.
February 2, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 2, 1945: Lincoln Tunnel opens in New York City.
February 1, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 1, 1940: Soviets launch offensive on Mannerheim Line on Finland's Karelian Isthmus.
65 Years Ago—February 1, 1945: Chance Vought Corsair fighters launch first operations from US Navy carriers.
65 Years Ago—February 1, 1945: Chance Vought Corsair fighters launch first operations from US Navy carriers.
January 31, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—January 31, 1945: The German Army in France and Belgium is pushed back to positions held before the Battle of the Bulge. Soviets cross German border into Brandenburg province, one hundred miles from Berlin.
January 30, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—January 30, 1940: US sends out the first Social Security check, for $22.54 to a retired Vermont teacher.
65 Years Ago—January 30, 1945: Soviets sink German liner Wilhelm Gustloff, killing 7000 German refugees from East Prussia in the worst maritime disaster in history. US Rangers rescue 512 Allied POWs at Cabanatuan on Luzon in the Philippines.
65 Years Ago—January 30, 1945: Soviets sink German liner Wilhelm Gustloff, killing 7000 German refugees from East Prussia in the worst maritime disaster in history. US Rangers rescue 512 Allied POWs at Cabanatuan on Luzon in the Philippines.
January 29, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—January 29, 1945: Seaman Leon LeRoy, returning home to Antioch, California to comfort his recently widowed mother, is bumped off his flight by the dog of Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president.
January 28, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—January 28, 1945: US Sixth Army takes Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg on Luzon in the Philippines.
