As dawn was breaking in Europe 81 years ago, members of what journalist Tom Brokaw would call The Greatest Generation boarded landing craft off the coast of France.

1944: Germany’s U-505 submarine was taken by American Task Group 22.3, near Africa. It was the first time since the 19th century the U.S. Navy had captured an enemy vessel at sea. Vintage Chicago ...

By 1944, eight of Emma’s 12 sons would be serving ... As for Tommy, he was serving in the hellish campaign on the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal, which was critical to maintaining the ...

Clyde Borgstrom, 28, died in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on March 17, 1944, in an accident while bulldozing debris to aid in the construction of an airport. Leroy Borgstrom, 30, was killed ...

This US Marine Corps documentary from 1944 showcases the battle of Guadalcanal The small island of Guadalcanal was like many of the Pacific islands defended with great determination by the ...

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MADAME CURIE (Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon; TIME, Dec. 20). HAPPY LAND (Don Ameche, Henry Morgan, Harry Carey; TIME, Dec. 13). BATTLE OF RUSSIA (TIME, Nov. 29 ...

On September 15th, 1944, 25,000 Marines of the First Marine ... Frank Pomroy served on Guadalcanal, but Peleliu would be another story. At 8:32 AM on September 15th, the American naval and air ...

Rohrbach, who had trained stateside as an aircraft mechanic, entered combat in Guadalcanal in early November ... However, in mid-summer 1944, he was with Marine Corps Night Squadron 542 when ...

Some facts about 1944 movie tastes ... Destination Tokyo, Lady in the Dark, Guadalcanal Diary, See Here Private Hargrove, The White Cliffs of Dover. ¶Men stars draw better than women.

On Aug. 12, 1944, airplane mechanics ... PT-109 was struck and cut in two by a speeding Japanese destroyer northwest of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Two men were killed and others were ...

For the Guadalcanal campaign ... In the fall of 1943 and again in the middle of 1944, the increased requirements for the Central Pacific offensive combined with the SWPA’s increased offensive ...