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India: Threat Of Invasion – Attacks On Port Moresby – Putting 12,000 Women In Uniform – March 16, 1942

– March 16, 1942 – News of the World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 16, 1942 – A day where focus of attention was on the Far East and the South Pacific. Word that Sir Stafford…

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March 16, 2023

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March 1, 1942 – A Morale Boost: Operation Biting.

In a day where news of an estimated 100,000 Japanese troops landed on Java, word of continuing attacks on Port Moresby and one inch closer to a threatened invasion of Australia, the nighttime raid on France by British Commandos came as…

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March 1, 2021

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Heating Up The South Pacific – May 21, 1942

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News Of The World – May 21, 1942 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 21st in 1942 had much to do with the anticipated…

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May 21, 2014