I started doing two or three a week beginning Jan. 27. If you can figure out how to search for my posts you can check them out. I tried searching "Real Time + 70 Years," but nothing came up. My interest in WWII was first raised when I tried to re-construct my father's army experience (New Guinea/Leyte Island, 1943-45). So, yes, if I last that long I will cover the Pacific Theatre. I posted a couple articles about the Sino-Japanese conflict that got hot in July '37. There did not seem to be much interest on this forum, but I will continue to follow the news on it and post significant stories.
Homer writes: “My interest in WWII was first raised when I tried to re-construct my father’s army experience (New Guinea/Leyte Island, 1943-45).”
Hmmmmmm...
My father also served in New Guinea and Leyte Island, with the 33 Infantry Division. He wore their “golden cross” patch on the right arm of his uniforms for the next 30 years.
I asked about the Pacific Theater because it is often forgotten or just glossed over by historians. For example, Dec 12 of ‘37 was the rape of Nanking. This was before the starting point of most historians who mark ‘39 as the start of the war. I am one of those that mark the date war started as September 18th, 1931 when two Kwantung Army officers (and troops) attacked a Manchurian Railway 5 miles north of Mukden, China. This was the first assault in Japan's expansionism. (Unless you count the assassination of Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi in Nov. 1930 which pretty much put the Japanese Army in control of things).
My father was born just a few days before Hiroshima, but both of my grandparents served in the war. In both theaters. My granfather on my dad's side was one of Murrel’s Muraders, and my mom's dad was a nose gunner in a B-24 Liberator in missions over N. Italy and S. Germany.
At any rate, if you have a ping list, please put me on it.