
Vehicular treadway ferry over the Saar River in US 358th Infantry Regiment zone, Dec 1944 (US Army photo)
80 Years Ago—December 4, 1939: Carl Sandburg’s book Abraham Lincoln: The War Years is published.
75 Years Ago—Dec. 4, 1944: US Third Army crosses the Saar River at Saarlautern, Germany.
Italian partisans liberate Ravenna in first major partisan attack in Italy.