Friends of the 40s

Roosevelt and Churchill set goal of unconditional surrender at Casablanca meeting

German armies in North Africa surrendered

Nazis massacred thousands in Warsaw ghetto uprising

Soviets defeated German forces at Stalingrad

Allies invaded Sicily

Allies invaded Italian mainland

Italy surrendered unconditionally

Eisenhower was named commander of Allied European Forces

American troops defeated Japanese on Guadalcanal

There Are Such Things (Tommy Dorsey)

When the Lights Go on Again (Vaughn Monroe)

I Had the Craziest Dream (Harry James)

You'll Never Know (Dick Haymes)

All or Nothing at All (Frank Sinatra)

Paper Doll (Mills Brothers)

Pistol Packin' Mama (Anderw Sisters)

I've Heard That Song Before (Harry James)

Let's Get Lost (Vaughn Monroe)

Moonlight Becomes You (Bing Crosby)

Wing and A Prayer (Song Spinners)

I'll Be Home for Christmas (Bing Crosby)

US Military Headquarters, The Pentagon
was oened

Ernie Pyle was the most widely read war correspondent

- 20th Century-Fox insured Betty Grable's legs for one million dollars

Jacques Cousteau invents the Aqualung.

- The Ox-Bow Incident

- For Whom the Bell Tolls

- The Song of Bernadette

- Madame Curie

- Stage Door Canteen

- Watch on the Rhine

- Lassie Come Home

- The Phantom of the Opera

- Guadalcanal Diary

Best Actress:
Best Actress: Jennifer Jones
(The Song of Bernadette)

Best Actor:
Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine)