US 31st Fighter Group at Thélepte Airfield, Tunisia, 1943 (US Air Force photo)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 17, 1943: In Tunisia, US evacuates Fériana & Thélepte Airfields; Germans occupy the airfields and the towns of Sbeïtla and Kasserine.
Baseball player Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees enlists in the US Army.
Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) is commissioned at Quincy, MA.
Newly commissioned carrier USS Lexington in the icy waters of Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 17 Feb 1943 (US Navy photo)
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