[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 and the occasional radio broadcast 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
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Leningrad and Ukraine Offensives – Operations, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
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
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943; Situation in Pacific, 1 November 1943

[TADSLOS]

Merry Christmas, Homer, and thanks again for your daily tireless efforts in posting this history lesson.

[fso301]

That was an interesting little p8 article about the "American Bataan Clan".

The group president, Albert C. McArthur had a son on Bataan who died in Japanese captivity on Sept 10, 1942.

I did a little searching and found a short biography on T/Sgt Albert C. McArthur Jr. here: http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/bataan%20web/McArthur_A.htm

On July 13, 1942, the Chicago Herald-American ran an account by 1st Lt. Emmet F. Gibson of the 192 Tank Batallion, wounded and evacuated from the Philippines before the surrender. Lt. Gibson indicates T/Sgt McArthur was a radio operator with the 192'nd.

So we set Sergt. Albert C. McArthur, 310 S. Villa Park, a radio “ham” in civilian life, to work on the radio direction finder, trying to locate intruding Philippine-based Jap radios, went on fighting a war. McArthur is the son of Albert C. McArthur Sr., clerk of York Township and the chairman of the board of directors of the American Bataan Clan, organization of relatives of the boys who fought in the Philippines.

http://192nd.com/1942/07/filipinos-blast-jap-chutists-july-13-1942

Here's more about the American Bataan Clan as described on the website of a descendent group, The Maywood Bataan Day Organization: http://mbdo.org/about-mbdo/about/

[GeronL]

hang on, I gotta make a quick trip to Longchamps