Today in World War II History—February 17, 1944
Saturday, February 17, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
US Marines landing on Eniwetok, 17 February 1944 (US Marine Corps Photo: 75460)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 17, 1944: US Army & Marines land on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Soviets close Korsun pocket and take 18,000 German POWs; 28,000 Germans break out of the pocket, but thousands drown crossing a swollen river.
US Navy carriers strike Japanese base at Truk in the Pacific, sinking 37 ships, shooting down 121 Japanese fighter planes (the highest one-day total in the Pacific war to date), and destroying 150 Japanese planes on the ground.
US Navy SBD Dauntless bombers of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) off USS Lexington over Param Island, Truk Atoll, 17-18 February 1944 (US National Museum of Naval Aviation: NNAM.1996.253.688)
Bless all of our WWll veterans that severed!! I appreciate your bravery and courage to fight for our nation……