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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USMC M-422 M-422A1 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. "Mighty Mite" jeep

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M-422 USMC jeeps at Camp Bruno Hochmuth (Phu Bai Combat Base), Vietnam. Photo: Courtesy of Lida Bensinger
M-422 USMC jeeps at Camp Bruno Hochmuth (Phu Bai Combat Base), Vietnam. Photo: Courtesy of Lida Bensinger.

USMC M-422 in Vietnam. Chaplain Edwin V. Bohula in the vehicle assigned to him at Da Nang . In the rear is his clerk, Cpl Earl Benner, and the driver, LCpI Rosales. Photo: Courtesy of Chaplain Edwin V. Bohula
USMC M-422 in Vietnam. Chaplain Edwin V. Bohula in the vehicle assigned to him at Da Nang . In the rear is his clerk, Cpl Earl Benner, and the driver, LCpI Rosales. Photo: Courtesy of Chaplain Edwin V. Bohula.

USMC M-422A1 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photo courtesy John Colwell, Vintage Military Trucks
USMC M-422A1 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photo courtesy John Colwell, Vintage Military Trucks.

USMC M-422A1 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photo courtesy John Colwell, Vintage Military Trucks
USMC M-422A1 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photo courtesy John Colwell, Vintage Military Trucks.

USMC M-422 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photographed at the Museum of the Marines, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, NC, 16 July 2009
USMC M-422 Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4. Mighty Mite jeep. Photographed at the Museum of the Marines, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, NC, 16 July 2009.