US cavalry units push north on Los Negros Is peninsula; Jap naval guns shell US positions; US troops aided by planes and PT boats land behind Jap lines at Yaula plantation, New Guinea; take Yaula Village; Allied planes raid Jap targets, Rabaul; sink 2 cargo ships, Ataliklikum Bay

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1944Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer^[†]

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is an English explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records.

1944Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)^[†]

John Townes Van Zandt was an American singer-songwriter. He wrote numerous songs, such as "Pancho and Lefty", "If I Needed You", "Snake Mountain Blues", "Our Mother the Mountain", "Waitin' Round to Die", and "To Live's to Fly". His musical style has often been described as melancholic and features rich, poetic lyrics. During his early years, Van Zandt was respected for his guitar playing and fingerpicking ability.

Headlines from March 7, 1944

County Chiefs Shun Transit Issue; Windels Makes Pleas for Action; FARE RISE SHUNNED BY COUNTY LEADERS

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AIR WAR AT PEAK; Fortresses, Liberators Loose 2,000 Tons on German Capital FIGHTERS SWARM ON NAZIS Three-Hour Combat Over the Reich Gives Major Victory Against Luftwaffe Air War at Peak in Day Attack On Berlin by 800 U.S. Bombers

CAPITAL HOPEFUL OF AMERICAS' UNITY; Resolution Opposing Recognition of Argentine Regime Voted by Uruguay Chamber Washington Hopes to Keep Unity Of Americas on Argentine Issue

AMERICANS JUMP NEARER TO MADANG; Amphibious Force Lands 30 Miles Above Saidor -- Our Troops Gain in Admiralties AMERICAN INFANTRY IN ASIATIC DEBUT U.S. INFANTRY GOES NEARER TO MADANG

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