L-R: Lt. Col. Earl Hormell, aide to Gen. Devers, and Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, Deputy Supreme Commander, Me. Theater, pose with Ghurka troops as the general visits the front that the Ghurka was fighting on. Orsogna Sector, Italy, April 24, 1944. Lt. Gen. Devers is wearing a non-regulation set of pull on "engineer's boots". Devers was an artilleryman who was an early advocated of mechanization and who had participated in the development of the Army's armored forces, including the design of the M4 Sherman and the M26 Pershing. Upon his retirement in 1949 at age 62, he became a cattle farmer.
The Finisterre Range Campaign in New Guinea concluded in an Allied victory. US forces reached Lake Sentani near Hollandia. Australian forces took Madang.
The RAF violated Swiss airspace in order to evade Munich's air warning system. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Army Air Force had raided the heavily defended city, losing 55 aircraft, 14 of which crashed into Switzerland.
Italy started fielding a "Co Belligerent Air Force" in support of the Allies over the Adriatic.
The Special Boat Service raided Santorini in the Aegean.
A British blockade of mutinous Greek troops in Egypt ceased.
Double Indemnity was released in Brazil, a few months ahead of the American release.
Why Brazil? I have no idea.
Funeral for German POW Richard Jasker, Camp Robinson Nebraska. 24 April, 1944.
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