Bestselling & Christy Award-winning author of WWII fiction. Latest release: Twelve Days and Twelfth Night, a Christmas novella (Revell, September 1, 2026).
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Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—2 Nov 1941: Tatsuta Maru leaves Honolulu with Japanese nationals; the last ship to leave the US for Japan before Pearl Harbor [📷Tatsuta Maru, marked for safe passage, as seen from sub USS Kingfish, Oct 1942] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Nov. 2, 1941: Pilots of the China National Air Corporation make first flight over the “Hump,” the China-Burma air supply route over the Himalayas. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
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No tricks, just treats. Men of the US Army Air Forces' 70th Service Group stationed in Great Dunmow, England, bob for apples at a Halloween party sponsored by the Aero Red Cross Club on October 29, 1943. Image courtesy of the National Archives. #HappyHalloween
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Nov. 1, 1941: US Coast Guard is transferred from the Treasury Department to the Navy for the duration of the national emergency. [📷US Coast Guard recruiting poster, WWII] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Nov. 1, 1941: US Selective Service issues local draft boards a list of key occupations recommended for deferment. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Nov. 1, 1941: Combat, one of the main resistance groups in unoccupied France, is established under Henri Frenay from the merging of two smaller groups. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1941: U-552 sinks destroyer USS Reuben James off Iceland—the first US warship lost during WWII; 115 killed. [📷Painting of the loss of USS Reuben James, by witness Griffiths Bailey Coale] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1941:
Mount Rushmore is completed after 14 years of work. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1941: Britain warns that putting out carved Halloween turnips will result in blackout fines. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 30, 1941:
USO-Camp Shows is established to bring shows to stateside military camps and eventually overseas.
[📷Poster for the USO, WWII] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 30, 1941: Charles Lindbergh holds isolationist America First rally for 20,000 at Madison Square Gardens.
[📷Logo of isolationist America First Committee, which wanted to keep the US out of WWII, 1940-41] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 30, 1941: Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, former commander of all Polish forces, arrives back in Poland to participate in the resistance as a common soldier. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 30, 1941: Germans begin the siege of Sevastopol. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 30, 1941: Col. David N.W. Grant is designated the first US Air Surgeon. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 29, 1941: Churchill says, “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.” #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 27, 1941: On Navy Day in the US, President Roosevelt asks Congress to allow the arming of US merchant ships (after USS Kearny torpedoed by U-boat 10/17). [📷US Navy Day poster, 1941] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 27, 1941:
German 11th Army breaks through the Perekop Isthmus into the Crimean peninsula. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 25, 1941: US State Department condemns German practice of killing innocent civilians in reprisal for partisan activities. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 24, 1941: Germans take Kharkiv, Ukraine, and Belgorod, Russia.
[📷Germans entering Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Oct 1941] #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 24, 1941: (1/2): In Marseille, Vichy police arrest Georges Bégué, the only SOE radio operator in the unoccupied zone of France. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…
Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 24, 1941: (2/2) In past few days, French police have arrested almost two dozen SOE agents (almost all escape 16 July 42), leaving only four free in the unoccupied zone. #TDIH #OTD sarahsundin.com/today-in-wor…