Today in World War II History—February 10, 1943
Friday, February 10, 2023 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—Feb. 10, 1943: In India, Mohatma Gandhi begins a 21-day hunger strike, which leads to rioting, but Britain makes no concessions.
Final Australian troops are evacuated from Portuguese Timor where they have fought as guerrillas for a year.
Ordnance worker & Navy mother Vesta Stoudt writes a letter to President Roosevelt proposing using waterproof cloth tape on ammunition boxes so men can open them easily under fire; the War Production Board will approve her idea; Johnson & Johnson will develop duck tape (cotton duck fabric), later called duct tape.
