February 17th, 1944
World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. event on February 17, 1944. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
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