[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Soviet Summer and Fall Offensives: Operations, 17 July-1 December 1943
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944

[xkaydet65]

I love the propaganda headlines the Times used. One thing the Krauts rarely did, and never did in Italy, was flee.

[fso301]

They don't know it but two of the American B-25 pilots mentioned in the p6 article about the Wewak raid have less than two months to live.

Capt. Lee Kizzire's plane will go down in November over Wewak and Lieut. Krasnickas will go down over Rabaul.

Lee Kizzire
Football, Wrestling, Track and Baseball, 1934-1936
One of the great athletes in Wyoming pre-war history Captain Lee Kizzire was a four-sport letterman for the Cowboys in football, wrestling, track and basketball. Kizzire was a Wyoming native and was most decorated for his outstanding efforts in football and wrestling. An All-American football player from 1933-1937, Kizzire was also All-Conference and went on to play professionally. Kizzire, a fullback on the football team, also was a talented wrestler. He was named the rocky Mountain wrestling champion. His athleticism was such that he excelled in all he did. In addition to his football and wrestling career, Kizzire also lettered on the varsity track and basketball teams. Following his award-winning career at the Wyoming, he went on to play professional football, and later to coach at Riverton High School. In 1941, Kizzire entered the United States Air Corp and was commissioned as an officer in 1942. In November 1943, he was shot down on a mission near the island of Wewak in the Pacific, and was never found.

http://www.gowyo.com/genrel/wyo-hof.html

Liet. Alfred R. Krasnickas
November 2, 1943 Rabaul, New Britain

Hit in the bomb bay before all the phosphorous bombs had been released, the plane immediately began to blaze. It crashed in a huge explosion at Malaguna, about two miles west of Rabaul..

KRASNICKAS, Alfred R. - Pilot - South Coventry,Conn - 2nd Lt.
GUY, Robert L. - Co-Pilot - Richmond, Va - 2nd Lt.
BUFFO, John A. - Eng. Gunner - Joliet, Ill - Sgt.
FRIETAS, Francis F. - Radio Operator - Attleboro, Mass - S/Sgt.
IMPERATO, Edward M. - Gunner - Brooklyn, NY - Sgt.

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