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1942: United States
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The United States, hard pressed in the Pacific, cannot mount operations in Europe until late in 1942. America plans to build a huge strategic air force to attack Germany herself. The British attempt a massive raid on the French coast. Meanwhile, the Germans, expecting a summer of large gains, come to the city bearing the name of the Soviet Leader and engage in a bitter campaign to take it. The Germans ... face defeat in North Africa at the hands of the British as the first American troops enter combat in Europe. If the Allies fail to gain control of the Atlantic, they will not be able to attack anywhere.
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-- Actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan was registered to vote in 1942 as a Democrat and remained a registered party member until at least 1954. According to Reagan's 1958 voter registration, he and wife Nancy Reagan changed their party affiliation to Republican. -- Lucille Ball is found in the collection registered as a Communist in 1936 and 1938, and was later asked to testify before Congress during McCarthy's Communist witch hunts. -- According to the 1944 records, Ozzy and Harriett Nelson are both registered as Republicans. Harriett was employed as an "actress," and Ozzy as an "orchestra leader." -- In a 1924 voter registration list, Walt Disney is found alongside brothers Robert and Roy. Walt and Robert were registered as Republicans, while Roy chose to "decline statement." In 1940, Walt's wife Lillian changed her party affiliation to Democrat, while Walt remained Republican.
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Professor John Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry built the world's first electronic-digital computer at Iowa State University between 1939 and 1942. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer represented several innovations in computing, including a binary system of arithmetic, parallel processing, regenerative memory, and a separation of memory and computing functions.
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Founded in 1942 in Rome, Georgia, Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, not-for-profit teaching hospital providing a full range of ancillary services in the Coosa Valley region. With a staff of more than 2,000, Floyd includes a state-designated Level II Trauma Center, behavioral health center, primary care and an urgent care network of providers.
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September 7, 1942: Main article on the foreign page of The Time of London was headed "Vichy's Jewish victims, children deported to Germany." Where they were deported was not known or stated.
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