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General Eisenhower is named Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force that plans an invasion of Western Europe.

The United States Supreme Court reverses the 1940 decision and holds that children can not be required to salute the flag in school if their religion prohibits it. The case was brought by Jehovah's Witnesses.

In salvage drives, 255,513 tons of tin cans, 6 million tons of newspaper, and more than 26 million tons of iron and steel scrap are collected for use in essential war and non war industries.

Standard male outfit of "hepcats" and young African Americans is the zoot suit. It includes a long, one-button jacket with broad, padded shoulders, high waisted trousers that grip the ankles, a knee-length key chain, and a broad brimmed hat.

The jitterbug is the most popular dance. As part of the dance the man swings his partner over his back and between his legs.

1944
The popular radio show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson debuts.

Roosevelt is reelected for a fourth term. Harry S. Truman is elected Vice President on the Democratic ticket.

U.S. planes bomb Berlin for the first time.

The U.S. 5th Army help drive the Germans out of Rome.

U. S. troops establish beachheads at Utah Beach and Omaha Beach during Allied invasion of Western Europe (D-day). General Omar N. Bradley leads U.S. 1st Army into Normandy, France, and captures Cherbourg. U.S. 3rd sweeps through northern France, relieves Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge and crosses the Rhine into southern Germany. U.S. 7th Army invades southern France and fights up the Rhone River.

Congress creates a new rank, General of the Army ("five-star general") for Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry ("Hap") Arnold, Douglas Mac Arthur and George C. Marshall.