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Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was an icon for the United States, it represented the american women who worked in factorys and shipyards during World War 2. -
The Tuskegee Airmen undertake their first combat mission
Tuskegee Airmen was the name given to some members of the U.S. Army air force units in World War 2. This group was important because most of the men in the group were African American and although that isn't a big deal now, it was back then. -
D-Day
On this date 160,000 Allied trips landed in France to fight Nazi Germany, by the end of the day the allies gained a foot-hold in continental Europe.