Today in World War II History—January 14, 1944
Sunday, January 14, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
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)
