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Lest We Forget - Corregidor Surrenders May 6, 1942
Posted on 05/05/2016 11:55:05 AM PDT by Oatka
Lest We Forget - Corregidor Surrenders May 6, 1942
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bataan; corregidor; philippines; worldwarii; ww2
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To: Snickering Hound
Shokaku suffered so much damage she returned to Japan. Her sister, Zuikaku lost most of her aircraft and also returned to Japan. The Japanese did not rotate carrier squadrons like the U.S. did and the pilots and planes were mated to the ship. So, they needed to resupply aircraft and train new pilots.
Because of this, Japan's two best carriers were not present at the Battle of Midway.
To: Jack Hammer
The vastly overrated MacArthur disobeyed a direct order and refused to fortify the Bataan Peninsula.Not only that, he refused to follow Plan Orange and retreat there, but attacked the Jap landing at Lingayan Gulf and was flanked so quickly he had to retreat post haste and burn or leave behind tons of food that would have prolonged the fight there.
He should have been court-martialed and broken.
I understand there were many who were ready to do that, but the govt felt that we needed a hero so badly, they made him the martyr and Gen. Wainwright the fall guy.
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posted on
05/05/2016 1:49:39 PM PDT
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Oatka
(Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
To: Oatka
To: WKUHilltopper
Irving did survive the war...I remember hearing about the account from him in a post war interview. Singapore, Tobruk, and then Corriegedor. What blows those days were. But there was a bright light a few weeks alter with the Battle of the Coral Sea. A tactical victory for our side.
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05/05/2016 2:29:44 PM PDT
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abigkahuna
(How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
To: Snickering Hound
Around the same time, the Japanese carrier Shokaku was heavily damaged at Coral Sea and almost sank when her captain drove her too hard back to base for repair.>>>. just reading that in the head. May 8th turned the japanese back.
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posted on
05/05/2016 2:52:22 PM PDT
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kvanbrunt2
(gandolf)
To: Oatka
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posted on
05/06/2016 7:56:34 PM PDT
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M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
To: M1903A1
Thanks. Requested it from the library.
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posted on
05/06/2016 8:43:14 PM PDT
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Oatka
(Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
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