1944 Headline News
    Roosevelt is reelected President for a fourth term. Harry S. Truman is electedVice President on the same Democratic Ticket.
U.S. planes bomb Berlin for the first time.
German officers make an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler. U.S long-range superfortresses successfully bomb southern Japan.
Congress creates the rank of five star General.
The G.I. Bill of Rights is established to assist war veterans.


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