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Memories of World War II Part I From 1942 Highlights
A retrospective summary traces key events from 1942 through 1943 including U S. forces in the Atlantic and Pacific, raids on Wake Island and Rome, the North Africa campaign, Guadalcanal, the Sicily invasion, and early Allied air power. It notes D Day scale ambitions, shifts in leadership, and looming hopes for victory as Christmas nears.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Bahamas
Wake Island
U.S
Europe
Solomons
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Army
Clark Gable
Air Force Ocs
Florida
Rudy Vallee
Coast Guard
Dieppe
Port Moresby
Australia
E. W
Eddie) Rickenbacker
Pacific
Alaska Military
North Africa
Eisenhower
Oran
Casablanca
Algiers
Buna
New Guinea
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Miami Beach
Surfside
Navy
Nips
Armed Services
War Department
OWI
Russell Islands
Arnold
Berlin
Joe DiMaggio
Bismarck Sea
Fourteenth
U. S. Air Force
China
Claire L. Chennault
Gafsa
Tunisia
Jacob L. Devers
Armored Forces
Eto
Africa
II Corps
Bizerte
First Army
Tunis
Attu
Aleutians
Ira C. Baker
Eighth Air Force
England
Army Air Forces
Rendova
Munda
New Georgia
Sicily
Rome
Mussolini
Middle East
Ploesti
Rumania
Fourteenth Air Force
Lipari
Stromboli
Tyrrhenian Sea
Kiska
Eighth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Marcus Island
Tarawa
Makin
Apamama
Nauru
MacArthur
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Schweinfurt
Germany
Mono
Stirling Islands
Bougainville
Choiseul Island
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougain
Alps
Red Army
France
Hitler
Tokyo
Tojo
Japan