August 31, 1944: US and Australian forces secure New Guinea.
Soviets take Bucharest, Romania.
UNDER HIS WINGS
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 30, 1944: Partisans begin armed uprising in German puppet state of Slovakia.
Friday, August 28, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 28, 1944: British Board of Trade announces the average woman purchases one dress, two yards of cloth, and one-quarter suit a year under rationing.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 27, 1944: The final group of Chindits, British commandos operating behind Japanese lines in Burma, are evacuated to India.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 25, 1944: Free French forces liberate Paris; Gen. Charles de Gaulle enters city.
Monday, August 24, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 24, 1944: US Third Army crosses Seine south of Paris; US Seventh Army takes Cannes, France.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 22, 1944: French resistance controls all public buildings in Paris.
Friday, August 21, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 21, 1944: Allies meet at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington DC to discuss the establishment of the United Nations.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 20, 1944: US and Canadian forces close Falaise Gap in France, take 100,000 German prisoners.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 19, 1944: French resistance launches uprising in Paris; pro-German Vichy government flees.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The Power of Words
Words have the power to build or to destroy. This week I've revisited one of the worst ways I've ever misused words and taken steps of redemption.
My best friend growing up was my opposite in many ways. She was outgoing and fun; I was quiet and serious. But we enjoyed each other's company and complemented each other, bringing out the best and toning down the worst.
Our junior year in high school, I sensed her pulling away from me. Instead of talking to her, I chose the cowardly path. I wrote a letter. Even more cowardly, I slipped it into her locker. Oh, and that letter! The venom flowed through my pen as I chronicled everything she'd ever done that annoyed me. Any close, long-term friendship can generate a long list, but it should never be put to paper!
The friendship was shattered. Our mutual social network lay in shambles. Worst of all, I hurt my friend deeply. And we each lost out on joys we can never recover - long phone calls from college groaning about boys, holding each other's babies, and being there for each other always.
Over the years I've prayed for the opportunity to tell her how wrong I was and how sorry I was - and this week, I found her on Facebook. We "friended" each other, and I'm thankful for this second chance.
Words are powerful, and the written and electronic word have a permanence I will always be wary of. Every day I grapple with this power and struggle to choose my words wisely, edit mercilessly, and season them with prayer.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" Ephesians 4:29.
My best friend growing up was my opposite in many ways. She was outgoing and fun; I was quiet and serious. But we enjoyed each other's company and complemented each other, bringing out the best and toning down the worst.
Our junior year in high school, I sensed her pulling away from me. Instead of talking to her, I chose the cowardly path. I wrote a letter. Even more cowardly, I slipped it into her locker. Oh, and that letter! The venom flowed through my pen as I chronicled everything she'd ever done that annoyed me. Any close, long-term friendship can generate a long list, but it should never be put to paper!
The friendship was shattered. Our mutual social network lay in shambles. Worst of all, I hurt my friend deeply. And we each lost out on joys we can never recover - long phone calls from college groaning about boys, holding each other's babies, and being there for each other always.
Over the years I've prayed for the opportunity to tell her how wrong I was and how sorry I was - and this week, I found her on Facebook. We "friended" each other, and I'm thankful for this second chance.
Words are powerful, and the written and electronic word have a permanence I will always be wary of. Every day I grapple with this power and struggle to choose my words wisely, edit mercilessly, and season them with prayer.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" Ephesians 4:29.
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 18, 1944: US submarine Rasher sinks Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyo northwest of the Philippines.
Monday, August 17, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 17, 1944: Germans begin retreat from southern France and from Falaise pocket; Canadians take Falaise.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 16, 1944: US Eighth Air Force suffers first loss from a Luftwaffe jet fighter and destroys German jet for first time.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 15, 1944: "Operation Anvil" or "Dragoon": US Seventh Army and French forces land in southern France between Cannes and Toulon.
Friday, August 14, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 14, 1944: Germans surrounded by Canadian and US forces in the Falaise pocket in France.
The US War Production Board allows the production of civilian goods to resume in preparation for the November elections.
The US War Production Board allows the production of civilian goods to resume in preparation for the November elections.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 12, 1944: Joseph Kennedy Jr. (brother of the future president) is killed in a top-secret Aphrodite mission from England, in which planes loaded with bombs are guided by remote control to the target after the pilots bail out.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 11, 1944: Fifty black sailors who survived the Port Chicago Explosion still refuse to load munitions and are charged with mutiny.
Monday, August 10, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 10, 1944: US secures Guam, although one Japanese soldier won't surrender until 1972.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 9, 1944: At Mare Island in Vallejo, CA, 258 black sailors who survived the Port Chicago Explosion refuse to load munitions and are imprisoned.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 8, 1944: Eight German officers are hanged in Berlin for their role in the July 20 Hitler assassination plot. By February 3, 1945, 4980 will be executed.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 6, 1944: Germans wage counterattack against US in Mortain, France.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 5, 1944: In Australia, Japanese prisoners of war attempt a mass escape; 231 Japanese killed, and 3 guards.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 4, 1944: British RAF Meteor jet fighter first flies in combat, downs German V-1 buzz bomb.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 2, 1944: Neutral Turkey breaks diplomatic relations with Germany.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
65 Years Ago in WWII History
August 1, 1944: US Third Army under General Patton breaks out of Normandy into Brittany.
Warsaw uprising begins: Polish Home Army rises up against Germans as Soviets approach.
Warsaw uprising begins: Polish Home Army rises up against Germans as Soviets approach.
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