March 7, 1944
On The Home Front
Virgil Wray joined the United States Navy
Todays Births
Jurgen Theobaldy, writer
Elton Gallegly (Representative-Republican-CA)
Townes Van Zandt musician
Weldon Tutwiler and Ged Brown, C-47 #91. Took off from Cuba, with an airplane overloaded with booze, crashed, burned and killed everyone on board. The plane was replaced and the number, #91, was assigned to the replacement.
In Germany... Members of the Nazi organization for women are making house-to-house calls to recruit females between the ages of 17 and 45 to work "in the service of the community." This effort is an attempt to bolster the depleted German labor force.
In the Solomon Islands... On Bougainville the Japanese are preparing to assault the American beachhead. On the Green Islands Allied forces have completed construction of an airfield.
In the Admiralty Islands... US Task Force 74 (Admiral Crutchley) bombards Japanese batteries on Hauwei and Ndrilo. There are 3 cruisers and 4 destroyers involved.
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