June 5, 1944

Reporter Charles Christian Wertenbaker says: The spring of 1944 will be remembered by those who passed it in England as a time when nerves were tauter than during the blitz. All spring long the tension grew until by the middle of May it seemed that something must soon snap. Something, indeed, soon would snap. As everybody everywhere knew, the battle for Europe must soon begin.

Italy looks like home to some soldiers – a comparison of Italian and U.S. landmarks.

The movie of the week is the British film “The True Story of Lili Marlene.” (Imdb calls it “Lilli Marlene”).

Courtesy of Google Books.