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  1. 5/28/42 - Allied and Axis on the move, destination Midway Island. bit.ly/MNGP7z about 10 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. It's Memorial Day. Visit the @wwiimuseum site, mymemorialday.org, for personal stories of the fallen. #RememberThem about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. May 1942 - Release of Frank Capra's "A Prelude to War," 1st of the 'Why We Fight' series bit.ly/KjgU6d about 17 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. 5/27/42 - Weather postpones Britain's "thousand bomber raid" 12:45 PM May 27th via HootSuite
  5. 5/27/42 - The bulk of the Japanese Imperial Fleet departs for Midway. American forces are waiting. bit.ly/MNGP7z 5:40 AM May 27th via HootSuite
  6. 5/26/42, Allies - Molotov signs a 20-year mutual assistance agreement between the USSR & Great Britain, departs for DC bit.ly/JCnt5A 12:20 PM May 26th via HootSuite
  7. 5/26/42 New Orleanian Dorothy Lamour hosted a luncheon at the Grand Ballroom at the Roosevelt Hotel. bit.ly/KgD34F 10:20 AM May 26th via HootSuite
  8. 5/26/42, N. Africa - Start of the 3rd German counteroffensive in the Western Desert. 4:55 AM May 26th via HootSuite
  9. May 25, 1942 @LIFE features a military salute to Mother's Day bit.ly/Js8gCO 3:15 PM May 25th via HootSuite
  10. 5/25/42 - @TIME reports on what may be the earliest "tweet" ti.me/MNueRT 10:45 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  11. Just a reminder that Monday is Memorial Day. Help the @WWIIMuseum #RememberThem bit.ly/KCfWNr 9:30 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  12. 5/23/42 - Jewish deportations continue in Stropkov, Slovakia bit.ly/Jq5Pgw 7:53 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  13. 5/22/42 - Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan. 6:38 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  14. 5/21/42 - Thousands of Jews die in Nazi gas chambers; IG Farber sets up factory. bit.ly/KthgV8 @HistoryChannel 3:50 PM May 21st via HootSuite
  15. 5/21/42 - San Francisco Chronicle reports the city is almost entirely emptied of the Japanese American population. bit.ly/Jin1oi 2:36 PM May 21st via HootSuite
  16. 5/20/42, Home Front - In the interest of national security, Tacoma, WA burns down a "Hooverville-style" shantytown bit.ly/M1vca5 10:05 AM May 20th via HootSuite
  17. 5/20/42 Battle of Midway looming. Lecture by Elliot Carlson at @WWIIMuseum on breaking the Japanese naval code. bit.ly/KpgsQe 5:50 AM May 20th via HootSuite
  18. 5/19/42 - Mrs. Roosevelt applauds the speed of US mobilizations, mentions fighter Joe Louis bit.ly/J6GLuU 6:15 AM May 19th via HootSuite
  19. 5/18/42, Burma - Remnants of the Chinese 5th Army regroup 9:40 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  20. May 1942 - War Production Board bans the use of iron and steel in more than 400 civilian products, including pie plates & fountain pens. 4:35 PM May 17th via HootSuite
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