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Ambrose biography excerpts: His father was a physician who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. … He attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison … and played on the University of Wisconsin football team for three

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Eugene B. Sledge and Mobile: 75 Years After “The War” - article in Mobile Bay - 8/21/20

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c. 2016 - order info … about Billy “Mac” McDonald, son-in-law of Frank Spain of Birmingham, Alabama < here

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President George H.W. Bush recounts his WWII experience over Chichi Jima - brief video

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The elite of the Sixth Marine Regiment , the Scout-Sniper Platoon excelled at the craft, becoming the bane of existence for the better-supplied army and navy quartermasters. Besides their nefarious pilfering skills, the 40 Thieves embodied a new

‘Howlin’ Mad’ WWII Marine General Goes to War with Army - article re commanding generals on Saipan

SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT U.S.S. BAYFIELD (APA-33)

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PA 33-21 … on first visit, seeing those call numbers on the Higgins boat displayed in the lobby of the National WWII Museum, the Colonel remarked, “That’s my boat.”

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In 1769, a Spanish expedition led by Captain Gaspar de Portolá explored northward from Loreto, Baja California Sur, seeking to reach Monterey Bay, something never before done overland by Europeans. On July 20 of that year, the expedition arriv

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4th Marine Division Dead in WWII - alphabetical list

History of the 4th Marine Division World War II This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division in February 1943, the s

Holland M. Smith Holland Smith was born on April 20, 1882, in Hatchechubbee, Alabama, to John V. Smith and his wife Cornelia Caroline McTyeire. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University (then known as Alabama Polyte

4th Marine Division on Iwo Jima: daily summaries

Clifton B. Cates Clifton Bledsoe Cates was born August 31, 1893, in Tiptonville, Tennessee. After graduating from the Missouri Military Academy in 1910, and the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1916 with a Bachelor of Law degree, he w

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source excerpt: As soon as the Japanese barrage erupted on that D–Day there was little cover on the shoreline from enemy mortar, artillery, and small arms fire, and casualties quickly mounted. The soft footing slowed the advancing

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*Note that Fukuoka is situated between the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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“Never give in” - Winston Churchill - audio - 4:31 min. - segments of speeches during WWII

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A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II highlights the major ground force campaigns during the six years of the war, offers suggestions for further reading, and provides Americans an opportunity to learn about the Army's role in Wor

link to full article excerpts: Have you ever wondered why, in the ongoing presidential campaign, we so strongly hear the pipes calling us to arms? Why the religious among us bristle at any challenge to the creation story they believe?

Bomber crew - U.S. Army Air Corps, 1944: Lt. Raymond P. Gill (father-in-law), B-29 pilot and instructor - standing, far right In our new planes, with our new crews, we bombed The ranges by the desert or the shore,

After the war it was revealed that German records had reported that a P-51 plane crashed at that site the day that Dickson disappeared. During World War II the United States Army was segregated and black pilots had different rules.

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Lt. Stanley D. Rames, fighter pilot, POW, … and BSA scoutmaster - T63 in New Orleans < link

U.S. Fighter Pilots (P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs) vs. Luftwaffe in Western Europ e - 40 min. war footage video

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Lt. Russell J. Sobieski's P-47 Thunderbolt undergoing maintanance; the crew chief standing in the centre is S/Sgt. Martin Strickler who was in charge of Capt. Eugene Cole's aircraft nicknamed 'Baby Margene'. 375th Fighter Squadron, March/ April 1944

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Hiroshima’s Enola Gay carried 12 men, hope and the world’s deadliest weapon - The Washington Post - 8/6/20

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The Target Committee appointed by President Harry Truman to decide which Japanese cities would receive the Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombings did not place Nagasaki among their top two choices. Instead they identified Kokura as the secon

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link to 5 min. BBC video excerpt from radio speech by Truman on 8/9/45: “ The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as p

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