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Cassino
Cassino , town (1991 pop. 32,787), in Latium, central Italy, in the Apennines, on the Rapido River. It is a commercial and agricultural center, and the site of a Fiat auto assembly plant. The peace between Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX was signed there in 1230. During World War II (late... Read more |
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Battle of Imphal
Imphal, battle of, 1944. In March 1944 the Japanese 15th Army under Mutaguchi advanced over the river Chindwin into India towards Imphal and Kohima. Slim's 14th Army was taken by surprise, but three divisions were able to take up defensive positions around the town of Imphal on 4 April. The Japanese... Read more |
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Anzio
Anzio , Lat. Antium, town (1991 pop. 33,497), in Latium, central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a seaside resort with a fishing industry. A Volscian town, it was captured by Rome in 341 BC and became a favorite resort of the Romans. Nero and Caligula were born there; among the ruins of Nero's... Read more |
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Witi Ihimaera
IHIMAERA, Witi (Tame) 1944- Personal Born February 7, 1944, in Gisborne, New Zealand; son of Tame Czar, Jr. (a farmer) and Julia (Keelan) Ihimaera; married Jane Cleghorn, May 9, 1970; children: Jessica Kiri, Olivia Ata. Ethnicity: "Maori." Education: Attended University of Auckland, 1962-66;... Read more |
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Normandy campaign
Normandy campaign June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 descr='[AM]' on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known as Operation Overlord, had been prepared since 1943; supreme command over its execution was entrusted to Gen.... Read more |
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Ketti Frings
Frings, Ketti (1910–81), after writing two novels, Hold Back the Dawn (1940) and God's Front Porch (1944), and a play, Mr. Sycamore (1943), adapted Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize for drama.... Read more |
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Hot Springs conference
Hot Springs conference was held at Hot Springs, Virginia, USA, on food and agriculture and was the first United Nations conference (the second established UNRRA and the third was held at Bretton Woods in July 1944). It took place from 18 May to 3 June 1943 and led to the creation of the Food and... Read more |
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Border patrols
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Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon The American fashion photographer Richard Avedon (born 1923) was best known for his probing portraits that go beyond recording likenesses to explore the identity of society and to reflect dreams and desires. Richard Avedon was born in New York City on May 15, 1923. Educated in... Read more |
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Adele Geras
Geras, Adèle 1944- (Adèle Daphne Weston Geras)PersonalSurname pronounced with a hard "G" and rhymes with "terrace"; born March 15, 1944, in Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel); immigrated to England, 1955; daughter of Laurence David (a lawyer) and Leah Weston; married Norman Geras (a retired professor... Read more |
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Minister honours Kiwis who fought at Cassino.
...who fought at Cassino(C)1994-2010...battle of Monte Cassino, which began...During the period 15-26 March 1944 the New Zealand...action. Monte Cassino finally fell on 17 May 1944 when the...those who won ... |
 "Daily News (New York, NY)")
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Men of Cassino
...do is to bring back 50 live veterans...the Battle of Cassino in Italy. Travelling...a party of 50 Cassino veterans, aged...impact such a trip may have. It can...doesn't regard Cassino as his worst wartime...On February 15, ... |
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British veterans of Monte Cassino battle pay tribute to their fallen comrades
...they were brought back to life in the...comes to grief at Cassino, which really...began in January 1944, with four attempts...allies on February 15. The fourth battle of Monte Cassino, led by the Polish, began on May 11, ... |
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WWII VETS TO REUNITE JUNE 20-23
...reunion (which dates back to the mid-1960s...Pietro, Dec. 15, 1943: Fighting...River and Monte Cassino Abbey, January- February 1944 : The 141st and...River near Monte Cassino; the second a...and Velletri, May-June ... |
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THE FIGHTING 36TH READY TO INVADE ; VANDALIA RESIDENT TO REUNITE NEARLY 100...
...reunion (which dates back to the mid-1960s...Pietro, Dec. 15, 1943: Fighting...River and Monte Cassino Abbey, January- February 1944 : The 141st and...River near Monte Cassino; the second a...and Velletri, May-June ... |
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DAYTON NATIVE TO REUNITE NEARLY 100 WWII VETERANS
...reunion (which dates back to the mid-1960s...Pietro, Dec. 15, 1943: Fighting...River and Monte Cassino Abbey, January-February 1944 : The 141st and...River near Monte Cassino; the second a...and Velletri, May-June ... |
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Victory! Tomorrow the 60th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day is...
...was celebrated on May 8, 1945. People...next steps in getting back to a normal life were...them, at the rate of 15,000 a week, took...Dunkirk in 1940 to Monte Cassino in Italy in 1944. On VE Day he was...for me, so I went ... |
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Ray returning after leaving battle on stretcher
...didn't go to Cassino, it just didn...monastery at Monte Cassino and seeing how...division sitting back about three miles...the fighting in Cassino Village on March 22, 1944, after being...will leave on May ... |
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ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN ITALY TURNED INTO BRUTAL MIXTURE OF BOREDOM, VIOLENCE
...surrender until May. Italy, the...six at Monte Cassino, in a brutal...nine days in Cassino -- that was no...and still firing back. They held until...hell and about 15 feet deep...combat at Monte Cassino to prepare for...on ... |
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Bill Comfort
...completed a tour in June 1944, he was due time...the local school at 15. At 19, his second...Salerno and Monte Cassino. And it was on the morning of June 4, 1944 that he was shot down...hellish I throttled back. It was then I ... |
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