[Homer_J_Simpson]

Contrary to today's stories, Leyte is going to be a tough, slow operation. The good news is we will kill a lot of Japanese in taking the island.

The campaign will nearly kill my father as well.

Bulkeley and his squadron were the model for the movie "They Were Expendable" starring Robert Montgomery as "Cmdr. Brickley."

I was sorely disappointed when I learned, a couple years ago, that "They Were Expendable" was not released until December 1945. Meaning we will miss Bosley Crowther's review.

[colorado tanker]

Interesting. They bought the rights in 1942, but did not film until 1945, partly because they thought interest in war movies was declining!

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2070/They-Were-Expendable/notes.html

[occamrzr06]

Richardson's story was pretty cool, but he worked for this guy:

Wendell Fertig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Fertig

Fascinating story. The guy promoted himself from LTC to BG. He said, the locals wouldn't fight for just a LTC.

From the article: This self-promotion to "brigadier general" did not endear him to General MacArthur or his staff,[25] but MacArthur did send logistical support to Fertig throughout 1943 and 1944.[26]