Historical Briefing for December 20
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November 22
Patton Drives Into Metz to Shatter German Fortress Network
November 21
Joint Special Operations Force Raids the Son Tay Compound
November 20
Marines Assault Betio Island at the Battle of Tarawa
November 19
Paratroopers Assault Hill 875 at Dak To
November 18
Royce Williams Battles Seven Soviet Jets Over North Korean Waters
November 17
Ambush at Landing Zone Albany in the Ia Drang Valley
November 16
Operation Queen Unleashes Massive Allied Offensive to the Roer River
November 15
USS Washington Crushes Japanese Battleship Kirishima off Guadalcanal