Today in World War II History—January 29, 1944
Monday, January 29, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Jan. 29, 1944: USS Missouri is launched at New York Navy Yard, the US Navy’s last battleship, christened by Margaret Truman, daughter of Sen. Harry Truman of Missouri (currently a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, HI).
Shelburne escape line is begun by Canadian MI9 agent Lucien Damais, carrying downed Allied airmen by boat from Brittany to Britain.