Today In Wyoming's History: December 8:
1944 Bryant B. Brooks, governor from January 1905 to January 1911, died in Casper. Brooks was a true pioneering figure in Wyoming, having come to the state in 1880 and having been, at first, a trapper and rancher. He reflects a class that isn't often discussed, however, in early Western history in that he was well educated (but not a lawyer), having attended Business College in Chicago Illinois. Nonetheless, he was only 19 years old at the time he moved to Wyoming. He was highly energetic and was successful in ranching. After his term in office expired he was also very active in the early oil industry and was partially responsible for the construction of one of Casper's first "skyscraper" buildings, the Oil Exchange Building, which was built in 1917, during one of the region's earliest oil booms, this one due to World War One. The building remains in use today, with its name having been changed to the Consolidated Royalty Building.
Iwo Jima was hit by a massive U.S. air raid.
The pro Japanese Filipino organization Makabayang Katipunan ng mga Pilipino (Patriotic Association of Filipinos), better known as the Makapili, was organized by far right Filipino nationalist.
It's stunning that this late in the war organizations were still forming that supported an obviously losing side.
The Germans withdrew from Jülich, Germany.
The 8th Army crossed the Lamone.
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Labels: 1930s, 1939, 1940s, 1941, 1944, Arabs, Battle of Leyte, Battle of Ormoc Bay, boats and ships, Geology, Japan, Kamikaze, Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Romania, U.S. Navy, Women, World War Two
