U.S. Navy World War II Poster: 'Smoking Stacks Attract Attacks'

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This is a poster created as a WPA project in 1940 or 1941 for the U.S. Navy, Thirteenth Naval District. The artist depicts a Japanese submarine, looking very shark-like, that is attracted to the ample smoke from a surface ship.

Today in WW II: 9 Jul 1940 Battle of Calabria [Battle of Punta Stilo, the toe of Italy] fought between the Italian Royal Navy and the British/Australian Royal Navies, 30 miles [48km] east of Punta Stilo. More ?

9 Jul 1943 US-British invasion of Sicily begins [night of 9-10 Jul].
9 Jul 1944 British and Canadian forces capture Caen from the Germans, a critical post-D-Day objective in Normandy, France.
9 Jul 1944 US forces reach the northern end of Saipan, finding thousands of Japanese civilian men, women, and children who commit suicide by leaping off the cliffs rather than be captured.
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