Today in World War II History—October 27, 1943: 80 Years Ago—Oct. 27, 1943: New Zealanders land on and take Stirling, Soanotalu, and Mono in the Treasury Islands, their first opposed amphibious landing since Gallipoli in WWI. US movie premiere of Guadalcanal Diary. American musicians are allowed to record V-discs for the military, bypassing the recording strike. US celebrates Navy Day.
New Zealand mortarmen on Mono.
From Sarah Sundin's blog.
The British SAS raided Ancona and Pescara in Italy in Operation Candytuft and cut the rail lines between the two cities in Operation Saxifrage. The 8th Army took Montefalcone.
The first stainless steel airplane, the RB-1 Conestoga, made its first flight.
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Only twenty were made.
Argentine Col. Juan Perón agreed to direct the nation's Department of Labor.
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