Today in World War II History—May 6, 1944
Monday, May 6, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi at All-India Congress meeting, Bombay, India, 6 July 1946 (Library of Congress: LC-USZ62-111090)
80 Years Ago—May 6, 1944: Off Cape Verdes, destroyer escort USS Buckley and TBMs & Wildcats from escort carrier USS Block Island sink German U-boat U-66; Buckley’s sailors use small arms, hand grenades, and coffee mugs in the battle.
In India, British release Gandhi from prison on medical grounds.
Kathleen Kennedy (daughter of former US ambassador to Britain Joseph Kennedy) marries the Marquis of Hartington.
Kathleen Kennedy in American Red Cross uniform, London, 1943 (public domain via John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
