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Today in World War II History—January 29, 1944

” Battleship USS Missouri firing a salvo, Aug 1944 (US National Archives: 80-G-K-4546)

” Battleship USS Missouri firing a salvo, Aug 1944 (US National Archives: 80-G-K-4546)

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.

Guns of the battleship USS Missouri keeping watch over the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Photo: Sarah Sundin, 7 Nov 2016)

Guns of the battleship USS Missouri keeping watch over the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Photo: Sarah Sundin, 7 Nov 2016)

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