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The Timeline series presents newsreels, audio recordings, radio shows, and lists in order to display the historic events that transpired during the given year. The 1944 edition contains newsreels about D-Day, MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and other momentous turning points of World War 2. A music section contains performances by Bing Crosby, The Glenn Miller Army Air Corp Orchestra, and Dinah Shore. Speeches from Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Winston Churchill round out this fascinating and entertaining trip down memory lane.