{"id":1525,"date":"2014-11-30T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2015-01-10T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T21:20:53","slug":"december-1944-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/december-1944-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1944 in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 December 5 \u2013 The Army Corps of Engineers took over jurisdiction of\u00a0 surplus military airfields at Glasgow, Lewistown, and Cut Bank.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 15 \u2013 The U.S. Sixth Army invaded Mindoro. A train wreck at Gold Creek killed one man and burned up a freight car full of\u00a0 cigarettes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 16 \u2013 A German offensive began in the Ardennes Forest.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 22 \u2013 The U.S. 101st Airborne held Bastogne against repeated German attacks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 23 \u2013 Fire destroyed the McBee Motor Company garage in Billings with $100,000 damage. A man died of a heart attack while helping move belongings from an apartment adjacent to the fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 24 \u2013 The Charlo butter and cheese factory was destroyed by fire with $25,000 damage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 26 \u2013 The Fourth Armored Division relieved the 101st Airborne at Bastogne.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 27 \u2013 Governor Sam Ford was sworn into his second term.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 28 \u2013 The Bachelor Officer’s Quarters at Gore Field was gutted by fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 December 31 \u2013 Longtime Missoula mailman Louis Brutto retired after 40 years on the job. Beginning in 1918, he had walked an estimated 100,000 miles delivering the mail.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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