page_title: 1944 in the United States
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1944 in the United States / Events / September
caption_attribution_description: English: US Army paratroopers are dropped near Grave, Netherlands while livestock graze near gliders that landed earlier. This was the beginning of Operation Market Garden during World War II, which resulted in heavy Allied losses. Nederlands: VS paramilitairen worden gedropt in de buurt van Grave, terwijl het vee graast naast de zweefvliegtuigen die eerder gelandwaren. Dit was het begin van de Operatie Market Garden die resuklteerde in zware verliezen van de geallieerden.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1944 in the United States.
context_section_description: September 3 – Black mother Recy Taylor is kidnapped and gang raped by six white men in Abbeville, Alabama; failure to indict any of her assailants provokes nationwide protest and activism among the African American community.
  September 5 – The 5.8 Mw  Cornwall–Massena earthquake affects the northern New York town of Massena at the Canada–United States border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing $2 million in damage, but no deaths. Across the border, Cornwall, Ontario suffers greater damage.
  September 14 – USS Shangri-La is commissioned.
  September 17 – World War II: Operation Market Garden begins.
  September 24 – World War II: the U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division takes the strongly defended city of Epinal before crossing the Moselle River and entering the western foothills of the Vosges.
  September 25 – World War II: Operation Market Garden ends in an Allied withdrawal.
caption: September 17–25: Operation Market Garden
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