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
Homers posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homers profile. Also visit our
general discussion thread.
To: 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
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12/31/2013 4:45:21 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Fleet Admiral King and Field Marshall Marshall?
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12/31/2013 5:57:00 AM PST by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
More on Major Edward Drake, who was referenced in the front page above:
Edward Francis Drake ‘32
(b. March 19, 1911, Paonia, CO-d. December 21, 1943, Mediterranean)
Attended Plainfield High School, Plainfield, NJ
Entered Rutgers September 1928, BA, May 1932
Entered Service April 1942, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., May 12, 1942, 1st Lt., November 1942, Captain, April 15, 1943, Major, October 1943
While at Rutgers, Edward was a member of Chi Psi, the Student Council and the Spiked Shoe Honoree Track Fraternity. For two years, he was editor-in-chief of the Scarlet Letter and associate editor of the Targum. Edward played football, basketball, and raced at the Penn Relays as a member of the track team. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of Cap and Skull. In September 1932, he was the youngest of five men from the Mid-Atlantic Region to receive a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. Edward served with the Intelligence Division of the Army Air Forces for 16 months in North Africa. While there, he gathered information that resulted in a successful attack on the German airbase at Foggia, Italy. He died in a plane crash over the Mediterranean shortly after being promoted to Major. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service in the Northwest African Strategic Air Force.
http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/related-documents/19-some-gave-all/1409-some-gave-all-world-war-ii
More than two hundred Rutgers alumni gave their lives in the war.
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12/31/2013 12:15:04 PM PST by
Deo volente
(God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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