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26 January 1945 Audie Murphy’s single handed battle, kills 50,
26 January 1945 Audie Murphy’s single handed battle, kills 50, holds line. Audie L. Murphy had come a long way since he had landed in Sicily in 194...

26 January 1948 - Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation
26 January 1948 - Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation in US Armed Forces signed. In 1940 the U.S. population was about 131 million, 12.6 m...

Private George T. Sakato joined the US Army in March 1944. He
Private George T. Sakato joined the US Army in March 1944. He volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was assigned t...

....The transport reached the Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 24 January
....The transport reached the Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 24 January 1943, with 921 Jewish patients....... The evacuation from the Jewish mental hospit...

Jan 23, 1941: Lindbergh to Congress: Negotiate with
Jan 23, 1941: Lindbergh to Congress: Negotiate with Hitler. Charles A. Lindbergh, a national hero since his nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, ...

Rank and organization: Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Naval
Rank and organization: Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Naval Reserve, serving as Medical Corpsman with a rifle company, 2d Battalion, 5th Marine...

WWII Fighter Aces An Ace has 5 or more kills. Some are combined
WWII Fighter Aces An Ace has 5 or more kills. Some are combined or shared kills giving a decimal point % of a kill. No doubt, the US had a number of ...

16 January 1943 - 1st US air raid on Ambon, a push to drive the
16 January 1943 - 1st US air raid on Ambon, a push to drive the Japanese out. Ambon and Hainan POW camps We’d go out and dig the graves, and t...