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Today in World War II History—January 14, 1944

Sunday, January 14, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
US recruiting poster for the Navy Seabees, WWII

US recruiting poster for the Navy Seabees, WWII

80 Years Ago—Jan. 14, 1944: Countdown to D-day: Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrives in London for planning of Operation Overlord (D-day).

Eligibility for the draft is restored for Japanese-American Nisei, causing mixed reactions in internment camps.

US Navy Seabees in camps in US get a sneak preview of John Wayne’s movie The Fighting Seabees.

US War Relocation Authority Center at Manzanar, CA, 3 July 1942 (Photographer: Dorothea Lange; US National Archives: 538128)

US War Relocation Authority Center at Manzanar, CA, 3 July 1942 (Photographer: Dorothea Lange; US National Archives: 538128)

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