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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Continued from October 17.

John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

4 posted on 10/20/2014 4:15:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Major General H.W. Blakeley, USA, Ret., 32d Infantry Division in World War II

5 posted on 10/20/2014 4:17:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Homer

My continued thanks for posting excerpts from Toland’s “The Rising Sun.” It is one of the best accounts of the Pacific War.

21 posted on 10/20/2014 3:46:39 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Seems appropriate to include the iconic image to go with the narrative today.

22 posted on 10/21/2014 5:15:23 AM PDT by InMemoriam

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