World War II Chronicle
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World War II Chronicle: March 21, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER With Imperial Japan conquering vast swaths of the Pacific, George Fielding Eliot discusses what could
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World War II Chronicle: March 22, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER The war’s 133rd week is summarized on page 28… Construction on the Pentagon began six
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World War II Chronicle: June 30, 1941
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Sports section begins on page 38
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World War II Chronicle: July 1, 1941
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Joe DiMaggio tied Willie Keeler’s record 44-game hitting streak after yesterday’s doubleheader against the Boston
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World War II Chronicle: March 20, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Gen. Douglas MacArthur, while traveling across Australia to Melbourne, famously states “I shall return!” —
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World War II Chronicle: March 18, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER The United States and Canadian governments have agreed to cooperate on the Alaska Highway, and
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World War II Chronicle: March 19, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER The ranking officer on Bataan, Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, has been promoted (front page), MacArthur
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World War II Chronicle: March 17, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Today’s front page reports that Gen. MacArthur has been transferred to Australia, Rommel’s Afrikakorps is
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World War II Chronicle: March 16, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page five features photographs of the Consolidated factory where PBY Catalina fuselages are lined up
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World War II Chronicle: February 11, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Long-time West Point assistant coach Henry O. “Fats” Ellinger has died from a heart attack