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06/06/1944 |
D-Day occurs in France. |
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08/12/1944 |
Joseph Kennedy Jr. and his co-pilot are killed when their plane explodes over England. |
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10/21/1944 |
Frances Slanger is killed in France. |
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12/28/1944 |
Cpl. Jeremiah Clancy is killed in Belgium. |
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12/28/1944 |
Pvt. John Carroll Jr. is killed in Europe. |
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1944 |
Twenty-Sixth Infantry Division sails for France. |
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04/16/1945 |
Gunner’s mate John Edward Malone is killed off Okinawa |
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05/05/1945 |
Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts Division helps to liberate concentration camp in Austria. |
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05/08/1945 |
V-E Day is declared in Boston. |
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08/06/1945 |
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. |
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