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From November 28 to December 1, 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met in Tehran, Iran, to discuss military strategy and post-war plans. This conference marked the first meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders and set the stage for the D-Day invasion.
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On September 8, 1943, Italy formally surrendered to the Allies. However, German forces quickly occupied much of the country, leading to a prolonged and brutal campaign as the Allies fought to liberate Italy.
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On January 15, 1943, the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, was officially completed. It remains one of the largest office buildings in the world.
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In 1943, the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, began flying combat missions in Europe and North Africa.
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With the distribution of the 1943 edition of TAPS, the yearbook will go moribund for three years due to wartime conditions affecting the college. It will resume with the 1946-1947 school year.
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The enrollment at Clemson drops to only 700, most being 17 years old or younger, or have been classified 4-F by the draft boards, or have already been discharged from military service.
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