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Today in World War II History—September 24, 1939 & 1944

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 by Sarah Sundin
Flight nurse Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins, WWII (US Air Force photo)

Flight nurse Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins, WWII (US Air Force photo)

80 Years Ago—September 24, 1939: German SS Einsatzgruppe murders 800 Polish intelligentsia in Bydgoszcz.

75 Years Ago—Sept. 24, 1944: US C-47 cargo plane en route from Palau to Guadalcanal makes a forced landing on Bellona Island; flight nurse Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins treats a patient’s severed trachea using parts from a life vest, all 24 patients survive; Hawkins receives the Distinguished Flying Cross. (Read more about flight nursing—“Medical Air Evacuation in World War—The Flight Nurse.”)

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