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Today in World War II History—February 21, 1943

 

A view of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, June-July 1942 (Library of Congress: LC-USW36-789)

A view of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, June-July 1942 (Library of Congress: LC-USW36-789)

80 Years Ago—Feb. 21, 1943: US Marine 3rd Raider Battalion and US 43rd Infantry Division take Russell Islands in the Solomons unopposed.

Germans open counterattack in Ukraine toward Kharkov.

Thirty-five Japanese-Americans are arrested at Tule Lake Relocation Center for refusing to fill out a loyalty questionnaire.

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