The first Victory Mail station established overseas, in this case in Casablanca.
The technology involve microfilming mail for more efficient transmission.
From Sarah Sundin's blog:
Today in World War II History—April 15, 1943: Maj. Gen. Omar Bradley takes command of US II Corps in Tunisia; George Patton is relieved to prepare for the invasion of Sicily.
All in all, Patton had been in command of II Corps for a mere matter of weeks.
On the same day, Gen. Eisenhower toured the front in North Africa.
The State Bank of Ethiopia was established.
The Sino-American Cooperative Organization was established as an intelligence gathering cooperative between Nationalist China and the United States.
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand was issued. I haven't read it, and I'm not going to, as Ayn Randites don't impress me.
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