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US Army Private Rodger Wilton Young, attacks a Japanese machine-gun nest on the island of New Georgia in the Solomon islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea. Young's heroic action helps his platoon to withdraw under enemy fire. His story will inspire the 1945 Frank Loesser song The Ballad Of Rodger Young, which will become a success in later years with versions by Burl Ives, Nelson Eddy, Jim Reeves, The Four Lads and John Charles Thomas.
Roland Kent LaVoie is born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Under the name Lobo, he will score several US hits in the 1970s, most notably Me And You And A Dog Named Boo.