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September 28, 1944

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6,000 LEFT BEHIND; 1,200 Wounded Among Them -- Germans Are Reinforcing Arnhem

By E.c. Daniel

2,000 of estimated 6,000-8,000 paratroops escape Arnhem trap, make way to Brit 2d Army lines; losses estimated; L Sertorius repts Brit regrouping in entire area; Gers reptd trying to withdraw from western Netherlands to northwest; Ger guns and planes attack along Allied supply corridor; Gers lose 64 planes in 2 days; Ger ground forces resistance stiffens along corridor; Brit 2d Army enters Maarheeze, takes Heesch and Nistlerode and advances to Oss; Canadians press Gers in Turnhout Canal area; merge with Brit front east of Turnhout; beat back Ger attempt to retake Antwerp docks and locks; Gers rept US 1st Army being reinforced in preparation for major offensive; Amers take Greiveldange; Gers retake Chateau Salins, but US 3d Army checks Ger attacks in area and near Nancy and seizes entrance to Metz fort; Berlin source repts Ger line shortened east of Epinal and Remiremont; US 7th Army forces take 3 villages; Gers grim resistance in that sector and around Belfort noted

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Notable Births

1944Richie Karl, American golfer[โ€ ]

Richard Karl is an American professional golfer who is best known as the last golf club professional to win an official PGA Tour event.

1944Marcia Muller, American journalist and author[โ€ ]

Marcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.

Historical Events

Klooga concentration camp

1944World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.[โ€ ]

Klooga concentration camp was a Nazi forced labor subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp complex established in September 1943 in Harju County, during World War II, in German-occupied Estonia near the village of Klooga. The Vaivara camp complex was commanded by German officers Hans Aumeier, Otto Brennais and Franz von Bodmann and consisted of 20 field camps, some of which existed only for short periods.