L-R: Pfc. Edward J. Motyl, Scitico, Conn.; Pfc. Joseph Bukea, Merdon, Conn., and Cpl. Tony Marinaro, Waterbury, Conn., warm themselves at a fire near a wayside shrine. as Pfc. John Rogus of Merdon, Conn., gets acquainted with a French peasant girl of the vicinity. 13 October, 1944. Urcourt, Metz sector, Doncourt-Jarny vicinity.
A British-Greek force landed at Piraeus, Greece.
The British took Carpineta, Italy.
A patrol returning to Corretta, Italy. The soldier in the foreground has a toy wagon carrying his machine gun. 13 October, 1944. 1st Armored Division.
The Germans retreated from Rovaniemi.
The Red Army broke through German lines at Riga.
The Germans hit Antwerp with V1s and V2s for the first time.
German POWs in the UK.
The Black Watch of Canada attacks at Hoogerheide, Netherlands, with disastrous results.
Navy Task Force 38 hits Formosa again, with the Japanese attempting to counter attack by air.
Last edition:
Thursday, October 12, 1944. Heroes and explorers.
Labels: 1940s, 1944, Army, British Army, Evanston Wyoming, Exploration, Finland, Greece, Heroes, Italian partisans, Italy, Lapland War, Paratroopers, Taiwan, Wyoming (Evanston)
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