Date in year · 1944 · The 1940s
On February 29, 1944, the Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II. Kathy Acker, Philip Jackson, James Heckman would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 29, 1944
The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 40 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes known as the Manus Islands, after the largest island of the chain.
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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
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Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean
The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 40 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes known as the Manus Islands, after the largest island of the chain.
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