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| | World War II Plus 55 - November 8, 1942 |
 | | The Eastern flank of the Oran assault, Z Force, are the 18th and 16th Infantry Regiments, and Combat Command B of the 1st Armored Division, as well as something new in America’s arsenal, the 1st Ranger Battalion, under Lt. Col. |
 | | At precisely 1 a.m., the invasion begins, with the British 11th Infantry Brigade, under Brigadier "Copper" Cass, a double DSO (the second from Norway), landing in the west on beaches Apples Green and Apples White near Castiglione on the coast road to Oran, north of Blida Airfield. |
 | | At 2 a.m., the US Consul-General in Tunis, Hooker A. Doolittle, drives to the residence of the French Governor-General, Admiral Jean Pierre Esteva. |
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