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1944: War
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The American War Plan Orange, which called for fleet to battle its way across the Pacific to relieve the Philippines in the event of a Japanese attack, became reality in 1944. But the plan had a new twist. Instead of single drive through the central Pacific, 1944 witnessed two simultaneous offensives: one commanded by General Douglas MacArthur from the south, the other led by Admirals Spruance and Mitscher through the Marshall and Marianas islands. Both drives converged on the Philippines in October.
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November 4, 1944: Gyor, Hungary; The �Death March' from Bor, Hungary, makes its way to Gyor after a six week journey. Here hundreds of survivors are beaten or shot to death. The bodies are thrown into massive graves that the prisoners dug just before their extermination. 5,000 people would start the march, nine would survive to the end of the war. Many other similar marches would follow.
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When Enterprise stood out from Oahu on Christmas Eve 1944, she had been re-designated CV(N)-6. The "N" stood for "Night". Enterprise was the first fleet carrier ordered into, and capable of, around-the-clock warfare. At night, her planes would fly combat air patrols and launch strikes against the enemy; by day her flight deck was ready to receive planes and pilots too battered to return to their home carriers, to fly CAP missions during enemy attack and to provide fighter direction for the fleet.
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March 8, 1944: Warsaw Ghetto: 37 Jews are given away in their hiding places. Among them is Emanuel Ringelblum, noted historian and author of a detailed chronicle of the continual plight of the Warsaw Jews. Ringelblum is tortured for three days in which he reveal nothing about his fellow Jews in hiding. A few days later Ringelblum ( 43 year old), his wife, and 13 year old son Uri are executed.
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General Collins was appointed Commander of VII Corps in December 1943 and commanded VII Corps on 6 June 1944 in the Utah Beach landings. General Collins later served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War.
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