On April 28th in US History
Part II
On April 28th in 1942 Nightly "dim-out" began along the East Coast.
On April 28th in 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ended with 749 U.S. soldiers and sailors killed, when their D-Day landing practice was attacked by German torpedo boats off the south coast of England. The casualties were not announced until nearly two months after the Normandy invasion. Full details were not known until 1974.
On April 28th in 1952 War with Japan officially ended as a treaty that had been signed by the United States and 47 other countries took effect. Japan regained independence. The government immediately revoked Japanese nationality from ethnic Koreans, called zainichi. Those loyal to north Korea were called Soren and those loyal to South Korea were called Mindan.
On April 28th in 1952 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower stepped down to run for President.
On April 28th in 1965 U.S. Army and Marines under US Pres. Lyndon Johnson invaded the Dominican Republic to stop a civil war. Johnson sent 22,800 troops at the urging of Thomas Mann (d.1999 at 87), a high state department official. The troops stayed until stay until Oct 1966.
On April 28th in 1967 Gen. William C. Westmoreland told Congress the United States "would prevail in Vietnam."
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