Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-36393004-20180822171446/@comment-35711173-20180822182027

If you want to date accurately, use the news of the time. This was World War II, two months after D Day, pushing inland in the hedge country. (My father was there carrying an M1.)

https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&ymd=1944-08-16&offset=3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1944#August_16,_1944_(Wednesday)

Sports also is good, although that's the middle of the week.

https://www.onthisday.com/sport/events/date/1944/august