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This Day in WWII 10-17-1939 - 1944


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joanleslie3.jpg Joan Leslie

1939: French troops are pushed back in the Saar region.

1939: President Roosevelt prepares to sign an executive order closing all U.S. ports to submarines from belligerent nations.

1941: Destroyer USS Kearny damaged by German torpedo off Iceland;11 Americans are killed.

1941: US House of Representatives allow merchantmen to be armed.

1941: Taganrog on the Sea of Azov is captured by Army Group South.

1941: Kimmel improves naval reconnaissance at Pearl harbor but not 360o nor 24-hour patrols.

1943: The US and Japan exchange 3,000 civilian prisoners in Goa.

1944: German forces successfully repulse heavy Soviet attacks near Debrecen.

1944: Eichmann returns to Hungary.

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When I do sit and watch movies on tv I've been hooked on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) station. They show mostly the old flicks from the earliest silent films on up. My particular favourites are the ones made during the war years, particularily WW2. You get to see Grable, Davis, Bergman, Dietrich, Kerr etc. Great stuff. Joan Leslie was a particular standout (confirmed by my mom) although her career was short (retired to motherhood).

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