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1943 - In an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country?s full support in the war against Japan. 1943 - Churchill and FDR plot D-Day On this day in 1943, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt set a date for the cross-Channel landing that would become D-Day-May 1, 1944. That date will prove a bit premature, as bad weather becomes a factor. Addressing a joint session of Congress, Churchill warned that the real danger at present was the "dragging-out of the war at enormous expense" because of the risk that the Allies would become "tired or bored or split"-and play into the hands of Germany and Japan. He pushed for an early and massive attack on the "underbelly of the Axis." And so, to "speed" things up, the British prime minister and President Roosevelt set a date for a cross-Channel invasion of Normandy, in northern France, for May 1, 1944, regardless of the problems presented by the invasion of Italy, which was underway. It would be carried out by 29 divisions, including a Free French division, if possible. 1944 - The Gustav line, the German defense line in Italy, collapsed under heavy assault by Allied troops. 1945 - The UN Charter committee met in Muir Woods. The meeting was planned by Roosevelt on a suggestion by Sec. of the Interior Ickes: one of the sessions ?might be held among the giant redwoods in Muir Woods. Not only would this focus attention upon the nation?s interest in preserving these mighty trees for posterity, but in such a ?temple of peace? the delegates would gain a perspective and sense of time that could be obtained nowhere better than in such a forest.? |
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| Birthdays | _AH_crash (42), _AH_Jester (36), _AH_Col._Hogan (47) | |||||
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Memorial Day Upcoming Birthdays: _AH_crash (42), _AH_Jester (36), _AH_Col._Hogan (47) Upcoming Events: 5.19 - Race #6 20:00EST , 5.20 - Squad Meeting 20:00EST , 5.20 - Squad Dogfight 21:00EST , 5.21 - Auto's Haphazard Mission - 21:00EST , 5.22 - VMF-223 campaign 21:00EST , D Flight Morale Boosting Group Hug - 20:45EST, No Race, 5.29 - VMF-223 campaign 21:00EST, 6.2 - Race #7 20:00EST | |||||
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