Today in World War II History—June 5, 1944

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

70 Years Ago—June 5, 1944: US Fifth Army secures Rome; Gen. Mark Clark gives victory speech on Capitoline Hill, and Pope Pius XII addresses GIs in St. Peter’s Square. First combat mission flown with B-29 Superfortresses: US 20th Bomber Command sends 98 B-29s from India to bomb Japanese-held Bangkok.