"Pvt. Roy McDaniels, Hartford City, Ind., keeps a look out for enemy activity from a 30th Division observation post in Stavelot, Belgium. 30 December, 1944. 1st Battalion, 117th Regiment, 30th Division." Note that a block has been nailed in to support the tripod of the machinegun, and that McDaniels is carrying a combat knife.
The German 5th Panzer Army made an attempt to encircle Bastogne. The U.S. 3d Army attacked towards Houffalize.
King George II of Greece proclaimed a regency and appointed Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens to the role.
General Leslie Groves reported that two atomic bombs would be ready for testing by the summer of 1945.
Part I of the Sergei Eisenstein's Russian epic film Ivan the Terrible premiered. Part II would not be released until 1958, as it was banned. Eisenstein died in 1948 and a planned Part III was accordingly never made.
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