Today in World War II History—December 1, 1940 & 1945

Two Long Range Desert Group trucks armed with water cooled Vickers guns (British government photo)
80 Years Ago—Dec. 1, 1940: First attack by Long Range Desert Group, a British commando group based in Egypt.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb is appointed for his second term as US Marine Corps Commandant.
Brig.-Gen. Manuel Ávila Camacho becomes President of Mexico.

Capt. Sue S. Dauser, Superintendent of the US Navy Nurse Corps, 1939-45 (US Navy photo: 80-G-1037202)
75 Years Ago—Dec. 1, 1945: Allies arrest seventy-six German industrialists who helped Hitler.
Capt. Sue Dauser receives Distinguished Service Medal for leadership of the US Navy Nurse Corps, the first awarded to a nurse.