MARSHALL SETS ALL-OUT PACIFIC BLOW; AMERICANS TAKE LUZON ESCAPE PORT (6/23/45)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 6/23/45 | Lewis Wood, W.H. Lawrence, Charles E. Egan, Gladwin Hill, C.L. Sulzberger, Kathleen McLaughlin

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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 .)
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. Also visit our general discussion thread.

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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Southern Okinawa: Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru, 1945 – Tenth Army Operations, 10 May-30 June 1945
Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands, 1945: Japanese Thirty Second Army Defensive Dispositions, 1 April 1945
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Final Operations on Luzon, 3 February-20 July 1945
Southeast Asia, 1941: Final Allied Offensives in the Southwest Pacific Area 19 February-1 July 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

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The Nimitz Graybook

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Continued from June 18.

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

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Continued from June 18.

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

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Continued from June 21.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

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“Tonight: Invited to NBC as a guest commentator in the immediate wake of V-E Day, Hughes (who is no stranger to old-time radio, having been an intermission guest on a few Lux Radio Theater installments) will speak of heroes and heroism and its meaning as American loved ones await the return of their husbands, their children who have fought World War II in Europe—especially in light of ancient definitions (particularly those of ancient Egypt) of the term which the historian in Hughes cannot resist reviewing while the wit in Hughes cannot resist finding its amusements.”

examiner.com – Uncle Rupert on old time radio Rupert Hughes

Rupert Hughes

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Billboard Top 10 (or Top 11) for the Week of June 23, 1945

#1 – “Sentimental Journey” – Les Brown, with Doris Day
#2 – “There! I’ve Said It Again” – Vaughn Monroe
#3 - “Bell Bottom Trousers” - Tony Pastor, with Ruth McCullough
#3 - “Sentimental Journey” - Hal McIntyre
#4 – “You Belong to My Heart” – Bing Crosby, with Xavier Cugat Orchestra
#5 - “Bell Bottom Trousers” - Kay Kyser, with Ferdy Slim Quartet
#6 - “Bell Bottom Trousers” - Guy Lombardo, with Jimmy Brown
#7 - “Dream” - Pied Pipers
#8 – “Sentimental Journey” – Merry Macs
#9 – “Laura” - Johnnie Johnston
#10 - “Chopin’s Polonaise” - Carmen Cavallaro

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Army Funds Listed (Wood) – 2
Japanese Prisoners Aboard an American Carrier (photo) – 2
Aparri in North Luzon Won; 20,000 Japanese Trapped – 3
Two U.S. Warships Sunk Off Okinawa (Lawrence) – 4
Miri Airstrip Won in Push on Borneo – 4
Liuchow Entered by Chinese Troops – 5
Trial of Top Nazis This Summer Predicted by Jackson in London (Egan) – 6
New Law to Speed Japan’s Defense – 6
Accord Expected on Reich Control (Hill) – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Goering Lays Loss to Churchill’s Rise (Sulzberger) – 8
Leopold Invites Resistance Hero to Form a Belgian Government (McLaughlin) – 8
Eisenhower’s ‘No’ Given on Politics – 9-10
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 11

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http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/5/23.htm

June 23rd, 1945 (SATURDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: U-1003 scuttled in the North Channel some 8 - 10 miles north of Inistrahull beacon (Malin Head), in position 55.25N, 06.53W, after ramming with Canadian frigate HMCS New Glasgow on 20 March 1945.

U.S.S.R.: Moscow: Poland’s immediate future has been settled after the two rival groups claiming the right to rule Poland came to an agreement today. American and British objections to the Soviet-sponsored regime of the Lublin Committee have been partly met by including three exiles from London. One of them is Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, the former premier, who is to be deputy premier.

Two non-Communists from within Poland are also included. Power will thus be shared between the Communists and their opponents more equitably than the western governments had thought possible. The deal, suggested to Stalin by President Truman’s emissary, Harry Hopkins, should ease the tension between the Big Three.

JAPAN: US General Stillwell is appointed to command the US 10th Army on Okinawa. He replaces US General Simon Buckner who was KIA by an artillery round on the 20th. (Marc Small)

The USAAF’s XXI Bomber Command in the Marianas flies Mission 221: During the night of 23/24 June, 26 B-29s mine the harbors of Fukuoka, Karatsu, Sakai, and Niigata, Japan; one B-29 is lost.

USN PB4Y-2 Privateers again mine the waters off Korea.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: There is a paratroop landing by the US 511th PIR near Aparri on the north coast of Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. It is near the mouth of the Cagayan River. The paratroops link up with the Filipino guerrilla forces to cut off the Japanese.

CANADA: HM S/M Seawolf paid off.
HMC ML 051 paid off and assigned to National Research Council as Radal II.
Minesweeper HMCS Milltown departed Halifax for Devonport via Azores.

U.S.A.: San Francisco: The Big Four powers agree to admit Poland to the United Nations.

The 1935 motion picture “The Call of the Wild” is re-released in the U.S. This romantic adventure film, based on a Jack London novel, is directed by William Wellman and stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Jack Oakie. Gable plays a prospector heading for the Yukon gold fields who meets and romances a woman (Young) en-route.

Destroyer USS Harold J Ellison commissioned.

[chajin]

Of course Ike was never going to go into politics (/s)

Never say never, especially when it comes to politics. (Which is one reason why I don’t believe Elizabeth Warren, among many others.)

[Tainan]

Quite a day.

[sneakers]

Thanks for posting. My dad was in the 6th army division, 760th FA Btn. In Luzon.

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10th Army finally finished the job on Okinawa. For their reward they get Vinegar Joe, training to participate in Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu, and the prospect of even higher casualties. I imagine those guys were feeling pretty darn lucky to survive Okinawa but were still wondering if they would ever see home again?

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My great uncle was killed by a sniper at Luzon. I’m now the keeper of his legacy.

[henkster]

“Golden Gate in 48.”

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