Today in World War II History—November 15, 1939 & 1944
Friday, November 15, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Jefferson Memorial under construction, Washington, D.C., 1940 (Library of Congress LC-DIG-hec-28499)
85 Years Ago—Nov. 15, 1939: President Franklin Roosevelt lays cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.
US Interior Department motorship North Star departs Boston for Antarctic expedition under Adm. Richard Byrd.
Patch of the US Eighth Army, WWII
80 Years Ago—Nov. 15, 1944: US Eighth Army, in its first assault, lands on Mapia Islands in the East Indies.
Premiere of war film Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, and Van Johnson.
