First wave of the 1st Cavalry, note all the Thompson Submachineguns.
The Admiralty Islands Campaign began with the dismounted US. 1st Cavalry Division landing on Los Negros Island. What had started as a small landing was converted on the spot by General MacArthur and Admiral Kinkaid to a full scale landing.
MacArthur and Kincaid on Los Negros, February 29, 1944, with Army cameraman T/Sgt Daniel Rocklin.
A-20s on their way to Vesuvius airport after bombing targets at Anzio.
Poor weather prevented an effective continued German effort at Anzio.
The USS Trout was sunk in the East China Sea by the Japanese destroyer Asashimo.
The Red Army prevailed in the Nikopol-Krivol Rog Offensive.
The Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Marshal Nikolai Vatutin, was ambushed by Ukrainian partisans and mortally wounded.
The Battle of Ist was fought between the Free French Navy and a Kriegsmarine element, resulting in a French victory in the Adriatic.
A rodeo was held in New South Wales.
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