Today in World War II History—June 6, 1943

US pilots training to fly the North American A-36A Apache, Louisiana, 1943 (US Army Air Force photo)

80 Years Ago—June 6, 1943: North American A-36 Apache (fighter-bomber version of the P-51 Mustang) flies first combat mission in a US Twelfth Air Force mission to Pantelleria in the Mediterranean.

US Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU) training school is established at Fort Pierce, FL.

Future actor Paul Newman enlists in the US Navy, age 18.

Paul Newman in the US Navy, 1944-45 (US Navy photo)

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