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US military to install radar in Palau
The Marianas Variety ^ | August 28, 2017 | Agence France Presse

Posted on 08/27/2017 5:26:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Edited on 08/27/2017 5:50:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

KOROR (AFP)

(Excerpt) Read more at mvariety.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: korea; military; palau; trump
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1 posted on 08/27/2017 5:26:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Interesting


2 posted on 08/27/2017 5:37:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Palau is a bit of a strange case as a nation. They have a zip code and mail to and from Palau is charged at the domestic rate. Of course a lot of American blood was shed there during WWII. Wikipedia says they are an independent nations “in association with the U.S., which provides for defense, so I guess if we want to install radar stations there, we can.


3 posted on 08/27/2017 5:38:24 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s a long way from North Korea but it looks like you’d get a good view on anything incoming to Guam.


4 posted on 08/27/2017 5:41:44 PM PDT by libertylover (Fake News = Hate News)
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To: hanamizu

IIRC my late father was in the Battle of Peleliu.


5 posted on 08/27/2017 5:44:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Under Chesty Puller’s command?


6 posted on 08/27/2017 5:50:24 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: gundog

He knew General Puller in some way I believe. The Marine Corps isn’t that big. It was smaller than the NYPD at the outbreak of the war.


7 posted on 08/27/2017 5:57:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you haven’t already, read With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge.


8 posted on 08/27/2017 5:58:56 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Need to reread my book. There’s a photo in there of Puller, maybe as a colonel, talking to some superior. Had his shirt off. Everybody got dirty in that fight.


9 posted on 08/27/2017 6:01:49 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: hanamizu

My father joined in 1943 when he was 18, so he wasn’t really an Old Breed Marine. He was a China Marine, though, due to occupying Tsing Tao.


10 posted on 08/27/2017 6:03:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: gundog

The South Pacific is a hot and humid place.


11 posted on 08/27/2017 6:04:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The author, who became a professor, wasn’t an Old Breed either, but he describes in minute detail what Pelieu was like. If you haven’t read it, you’ll gain an insight on things your dad likely never told you about.


12 posted on 08/27/2017 6:08:22 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

Jumping in...

I happen to be reading it now by coincidence.


13 posted on 08/27/2017 6:11:58 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: BenLurkin
"Illegal fishing" suggests someone suspects that certain Asian nations are involved in violating the territorial integrity of America's good ally Palau.

With an elevation of 328 feet, it doesn't look like there is anyplace on Koror Island high enough for a really effective radar installation. From Google Maps it appears that the old airstrip on Peleliu is no longer serviceable but could be refurbished. Might be a good place to base a couple of P8's. Just on a TDY basis of course...

14 posted on 08/27/2017 6:15:40 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Dump Flake)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yup I seem to recall a story where the Japs were getting too close to the artillery and the three man crews had to hump 900 pound guns up to the top of their sea-wall cover to get hits. Probably not any trannies there.


15 posted on 08/27/2017 6:29:56 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Palau is north of the equator but maybe I’m not getting some old joke.


16 posted on 08/27/2017 6:42:24 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: KC Burke; hanamizu; 2ndDivisionVet

The Pacific Campaigns and Battles available for free at Project Gutenberg are very worthwhile as well. I read them all on my tablet.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/World_War_II_(Bookshelf)

Across The Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan by John C. Chapin

Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine Landings in the Marshall Islands by John C. Chapin

Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons by John C. Chapin

A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert Cressman

From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War by Jon T. Hoffman

First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw

These are short folio histories commissioned by the USMC. You can learn more about them here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48836/48836-h/48836-h.htm#About_the_Series

Reading any detailed history of the Marines in WWII will tend to make you believe women have no place in combat arms.


17 posted on 08/27/2017 6:42:42 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mine was in Peking in 1945.


18 posted on 08/27/2017 6:52:44 PM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I served on the USS Peleliu from ‘93-’97.
We did a drive-by (21-gun salute) in ‘94 after we left Australia.


19 posted on 08/27/2017 6:57:55 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: FreedomPoster

Stepping Stones Across The Pacific: A Collection Of Short Stories From The Pacific War by Tibor Torok

ISBN-10: 1456373668

I knew him, he was in my father’s squadron in beautiful Beaufort, I used to play with his kid...


20 posted on 08/27/2017 6:59:57 PM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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