Flight nurses of the 807th MAETS show their worn-out shoes
after their two-month trek through Albania, 9 January 1944
(US Air Force)
70 Years Ago—Nov. 8,
1943: Marines repulse
heavy Japanese offensive at Koromokina Lagoon, Bougainville. US C-53 carrying
13 flight nurses & 13 medics of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation
Transport Squadron crash-lands in Nazi-occupied Albania; over the next two
months, they’ll escape on foot back to Allied territory.
