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World War II Chronicle: 16 December 1941
Unto the Breach ^ | 16 December 2019 | Chris Carter

Posted on 12/16/2019 6:52:09 AM PST by fugazi

On page 8 is a brief story that has become somewhat of a legend about the defenders of Wake Island. When Hawaii radioed the garrison asking what they needed after defeating the initial assault by the Japanese invasion fleet on 11 December, the response was "Send us more Japs!"

"Send us" and "more Japs" was added to the beginning and end of the message, but that was only to confuse Japanese code breakers. "None of us was that much of a damn fool," James Devereux (commanding officer of the 1st Defense Battalion) said after the war, "We already had more Japs than we could handle."

Navy Frank Knox issues his report on the Pearl Harbor attack, which can be read on page 3. During the Spanish-American War, Knox served in Troop D of Theodore Roosevelt's 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment -- the "Rough Riders." When the United States entered World War I, Maj. Knox rejoined the Army, serving as an artillery officer in France. Knox suffers several heart attacks during the war and passes away while still in office in 1944.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: frankknox; militaryhistory
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To: Oatka

Apparently so.

I had just read about this on page 59 in the book, last night.

Ike got all types of updates due to Purple/Magic.


21 posted on 12/16/2019 12:36:57 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: Fiji Hill
Wendell Willkie ran as a Democrat in 1932, losing the nomination to FDR, then switched parties (finally) in 1939, and ran against FDR as a Republican. Somewhere around here is an original copy of "One World by Wendell Willkie" with his thanks to FDR for letting the publisher use the paper to print it. Naturally, the leftist partisan media shills pretend to be impressed by Willkie and do their tired old woe-is-me act that his alleged vision didn't win out.

22 posted on 12/16/2019 7:11:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Wendell Willkie ran as a Democrat in 1932, losing the nomination to FDR, then switched parties (finally) in 1939, and ran against FDR as a Republican.

When he addressed the Republican National Convention in 1940, Willkie referred to his listeners as "you Republicans."

Somewhere around here is an original copy of "One World by Wendell Willkie" with his thanks to FDR for letting the publisher use the paper to print it.

Anyone attending a used book sale at a library in the late 1960's would see dozens of copies of One World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943) for sale, usually for pennies. Nowadays, first editions can run around $100-$200.

23 posted on 12/16/2019 8:50:02 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Wilkie was the ultimate RINO.


24 posted on 12/16/2019 9:02:25 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: laplata

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25 posted on 12/16/2019 10:29:17 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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