{"id":68709,"date":"2017-04-18T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/04\/18\/today-in-history-april-18\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:02:17","slug":"today-in-history-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/04\/18\/today-in-history-april-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in history: April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1942:<\/b> <i>Stars and Stripes<\/i> made its debut as the U.S. serviceman&#8217;s paper. On the other side of the Pacific, a squadron of North American B-25s launched from the aircraft carrier<i> Hornet<\/i>, led by Lt. Col. James H. 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