\u2022 April 3 \u2013 A prairie fire near Miles City scorched 8,000 acres.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 6 \u2013 The First Special Service Force paraded through Helena prior to their departure.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 10 \u2013 A Johnson Flying Service flight instructor, his father, brother, and brother’s girlfriend, all of Missoula, were killed in a plane crash near Warm Springs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 12 \u2013 The Second War Bond drive commenced.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 15 \u2013 Nelson Eddy entertained Air Base personnel at the Great Falls Civic Center.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 18 \u2013 Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was killed by U.S. fighter planes.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 19 \u2013 Jews in Warsaw revolted against the Nazis.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 20 \u2013 Sixty conscientious objectors to the draft were employed by the U.S. Forest Service as smokejumpers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 24 \u2013 The Great Falls Victory Parade featured a display of warplanes and vehicles from the Air Base.<\/p>\n
\u2022 April 30 \u2013 Representative Mike Mansfield gave a nationwide radio address on the situation in Asia.<\/p>\n
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