[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Southern Okinawa: Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru, 1945 – Tenth Army Operations, 10 May-30 June 1945
Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands, 1945: Japanese Thirty Second Army Defensive Dispositions, 1 April 1945
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Final Operations on Luzon, 3 February-20 July 1945
Southeast Asia, 1941: Final Allied Offensives in the Southwest Pacific Area 19 February-1 July 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

[bert]

Looks like Baguio is free of Jap control

How many here have been to Baguio?

The Air Force there made fantastic biscuits and gravy

[Road Warrior ‘04]

As this was happening, my father was in a POW camp in Omori, having had his B-29 shot down over Tokyo on May 26th.

[Larry Lucido]

Still waiting for the stove I ordered from Montgomery Ward. Maybe I'll get it now?

[PeterPrinciple]

....General Kenney pointed out that the population of Japan was limited to 30,000,000 by law before the islands were “opened” by Commodore Perry, and in modern times the balance has been supplied primarily by foreign imports..

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From the food shortage article. Anyone know the history of this? Part of the balance of power aspects?

[M Kehoe]

Could somebody warn the U.S.S. Indianapolis, please! Tell them there is a Jap sub in their AO, and they MUST zig zag back to Pearl.

Is "zig zag," racist?

5.56mm

[PAR35]

Re the New Guinea rescue (page 6) - I read a free Kindle book about that a year or so ago. They ended up using the ‘snatch’ technique to pull the gliders out after they had been loaded. The glider hit some trees on the way out.

They considered trying a helicopter, but my recollection is that they had neither the range nor the altitude to get over the mountains.

[tubebender]

I’m going to take a drive to see a B17 - B24 and a P51 tomorrow morning of the Collings Foundation. My brother was a Bombardier on a B17 over Europe