The Saturday Evening Post featured a clown on the cover, a really unfortunate piece of artwork given the horrific circus fire earlier in the week.
Thursday, July 6, 1944. Advances on Eastern Front, Halted on Western Front, Tragedy in Connecticut, Racism at Camp Hood.
The disputed photograph which is likely of Ellis Underwood may have been taken on this date:
Tuesday, June 27, 1944. Angelo Klonis or Thomas E. Underwood?
British and Canadian forces launched Operation Charnwood which sought to at least partially capture Caen. Heavy RAF raids on the city are launched as part of the offensive.
German machine gun crew killed in action by U.S. troops in Normandy on this day.
The SS began to remove the Jewish population of Kovno to Stufthof and Dauchau in order to clear out the ghetto before it was liberated by the Red Army.
Admiral Takeo Takagi (高木 武雄) was killed on Saipan.
The U-243 was sunk by the RAAF in the Bay of Biscay.
Mass in the Ready Room of the USS Saginaw Bay (CVE 82), July 8, 1944.
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