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Robert abandons post; to be replaced by Hoppenot with US approval; all facilities to war against Axis; US to renew diplomatic relations, US State Department announcement
Ger drive lags, Orel-Kursk area; USSR forces repel drive, Belgorod area; writers to Ger newspapers picture battle as gigantic
Giraud discloses French troops role, Sicily
US ground forces take 2 strong points in drive on Munda; US naval victory in Kula Gulf confirmed; Jap losses in US seizure of Enogai Inlet and in clash near Wickham Anchorage reptd; US planes raid Munda, Vila and Ballale; air crash over Rendova described
with Canadians join US forces under Patton at key town of Ragusa
1943In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.[†]
Diamond is a city in north central Newton County, Missouri, United States, located southeast of Joplin. The population was 831 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Diamond is primarily renowned as the birthplace of George Washington Carver.