September 18: ON THIS DAY in 1944, woman kills her illegitimate son to keep husband’s love
ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “BULLETIN. Supreme Headquarters, A.E.F., Sept. 18 (U.P) — Troops of the Allied first air-born army and the British 2nd Army joined hands in Holland today, apparently assuring the success of the bold descent by skytroopers in a bid to turn the Siegfried Line for a straight shoot to Berlin. United Press Correspondent Walter Cronkite, in a dispatch for the combined Allied press, reported from Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton’s front in Holland that the two Allied forces had joined.”
It was also reported, “Pearl Harbor, Sept. 18 (U.P.) — “American invasion forces extended their foothold in the Southern Palau Islands, capturing one-third of tiny Angaur and the southern end of Peleliu, together with its airfield, 560 miles east of the Philippines.”
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