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Today in World War II History—February 18, 1943

Saturday, February 18, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
Song Meiling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, addressing US Congress, 18 Feb 1943 (public domain via Republic of China Ministry of the National Defense)

Song Meiling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, addressing US Congress, 18 Feb 1943 (public domain via Republic of China Ministry of the National Defense)

80 Years Ago—Feb. 18, 1943: Nazis arrest the leaders of the White Rose resistance group at the University of Munich.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek addresses joint session of Congress, the first woman and the first Chinese person to do so.

First class of 39 flight nurses graduates from the School of Air Evacuation at Bowman Field, Kentucky (Read more: “Medical Air Evacuation in World War II—The Flight Nurse”).

A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashes during a test flight into a meat-packing plant in Seattle, 33 killed.

At the Army Air Force School of Air Evacuation at Bowman Field, KY, student flight nurses learn how to handle patients with the aid of a mock-up fuselage of a Douglas C-47 transport. (US Air Force photo)

At the Army Air Force School of Air Evacuation at Bowman Field, KY, student flight nurses learn how to handle patients with the aid of a mock-up fuselage of a Douglas C-47 transport. (US Air Force photo)

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