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During March of 1944, 76 allied prisoners of war escaped from the stalag luft III prison camp in Nazi Germany.
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The Gl Bill Of Rights is passed and signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22
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The United States military begins to retake the island of Guam after Japanese troops had occupied the island during World War II. The battle would end on August 10.
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Allied troops attempt the largest airborne military operation in history at the time when the battle of Arnhem ( operation market garden ) begins on September 17th 1944
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the united states supreme court rules in the case of korematsu vs. the united states, the wartime internment of Japanese Americans on the west coast was valid during a time of war.
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