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

3 posted on 05/05/2012 4:59:37 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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Barbara W. Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

4 posted on 05/05/2012 5:02:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

The Last Broadcast From Corregidor

Thanks for the link. You can't help but choke up hearing it. Some of his comments were made into patriotic envelopes:

Irving survived the war and died at the age of 77 in 1997. Cancer did what the Japs couldn't.

Here's another good link

9 posted on 05/05/2012 8:49:18 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)

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