Today in WW II: 7 Apr 1939 King Zog of Albania flees the invasion of his country by Italian fascists, forcing him into exile.  More ↓
7 Apr 1945 German aircraft ramming unit [Sonderkommando Elbe] makes its only flight, destroying 24 B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers of the US Eighth Air Force.
7 Apr 1945 Following the loss of Okinawa, Kantaro Suzuki becomes Prime Minister of Japan, ad advocte of ending the war on any terms, opposed by Japan's military leaders.
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M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled

Preventive medicine personnel inspect a mobile trailer used to store and transport safe drinking water to deployed soldiers, in this case in Uzbekistan. Tentatively identified as an M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled
Preventive medicine personnel inspect a mobile trailer used to store and transport safe drinking water to deployed soldiers, in this case in Uzbekistan. Tentatively identified as an M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled.