Monday, June 12, 1944

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The Headlines

U. .S. HEAVIES' BOMB CLOSE TO OUR LINES; 8th Air Force Also Pounds Nazi Pas-de-Calais Defenses -Planes Fight Foe's Tanks U. S. Planes Bomb Enemy Targets Close to Our Lines in Normandy

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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes

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On This Day

• World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George H. W. Bush (1924)
• Anne Frank (1929)
• Anthony Eden (1897)
• Egon Schiele (1890)
• Johanna Spyri (1827)

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Tech Check

Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.

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