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Today in World War II History—June 14, 1943

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
Students at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary & Buchanan Streets, San Francisco, say Pledge of Allegiance, 20 April 1942; students pictured of Japanese ancestry would soon be sent to War Relocation Authority camps (Photo: Dorothea Lange. US National Archives: 210-G-C122)

Students at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary & Buchanan Streets, San Francisco, say Pledge of Allegiance, 20 April 1942; students pictured of Japanese ancestry would soon be sent to War Relocation Authority camps (Photo: Dorothea Lange. US National Archives: 210-G-C122)

80 Years Ago—June 14, 1943: US Supreme Court rules students can’t be forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

US B-17 bomber crash near Mackay, Australia kills 40 in Australia’s worst air disaster of the war.

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