My Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor calendar for this month has the following things happening this month.
June 4-6th-- Battle of Midway, 1942
June 6th-- D-Day, 1944
June 15th-- US Marines invade Saipan, 1944
June 19th-- The "Marianas Turkey Shoot, 1944
June 22nd-- Japanese resistance ends on Okinawa, 1945
Featured WW II poster was for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps with a picture of a young woman in uniform. It reads, "Enlist in a Proud Profession! Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. A Lifetime Education--Free! If You Can Qualify. For information go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y."
The monthly picture was from a diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the lead elements of Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221) intersecting the Japanese air strike formation heading toward Midway in the morning of 4 June 1942. The planes in the foreground are F4F-3 "Wildcat" Fighters.
A lot of Major Events This Month. --Da Coot
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