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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Hellcats of the Navy

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Okay…I was looking on youtube for something else featuring Ronald Reagan (a ww2 training film featured in Burns’ The War), but this is much more interesting. It starts with Chester Nimitz, then we catch a glimpse of the foxy Nancy Davis (later first lady Nancy Reagan), and as always, we have the fine stylings of […]

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WW2 Book Reviews in the Washington Post

Sunday, October 14, 2007

The Book World section of the WP has reviews.  Happy reading… The Day of Battle–By Rick Atkinson The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 The Greatest Battle–By Andrew Nagorski Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II

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WW2db.com Featured Image, #6

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Has it been nearly a month since my last featured image? Indeed it has. So I wanted to jump back in with something I’ve seen around and this image fit the bill. It comes from Tarawa early in the war and shows just how far the Marines (and others) had to go before the war […]

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The War, Episode 6

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Episode 6 marks a high point for me in the series, especially the discussion of Iwo Jima.  All the color footage was amazing to see, mixed in with sound to boot, and that certainly heightened the drama of the descriptions.  Amazing stuff. This is been the surprise of the series for me…the sound of it […]

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Cost

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

I was driving home from the supermarket the other day, and noticed a guy mowing his lawn. Nothing unusual for a SAT. After I’d passed by, I realized the man had a partial prosthetic arm, too. I noted later in the week the same man getting out of his car after work, in fatigues, likely […]

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The Pacific War, #14

Sunday, October 7, 2007

So what do you do when you have no time for anything but work but feel like a post is due? Link to Dale Dye. That’s what you do. His weekly update is as interesting as ever. I’m particularly impressed with our plans to demonstrate Platoon Sergeant Basilone’s heroics in the fighting on 23-25 October […]

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Operation Cobra in The War

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

So in the Invasion episode of The War, I found the discussion of Operation Cobra a little short. I mean, how is it possible to discuss this event and not mention the fact that Allied bombers also killed and wounded American soldiers due to “short” drops? One web page… Over 100 U.S. soldiers were killed […]

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Eugene Sledge

Monday, October 1, 2007

For you folks surfing in looking for Eugene Sledge info, check this review of his book, With the Old Breed-At Peleliu and Okinawa. It’s a shameless plug to a review by a pretty talented writer at the DB. Enjoy. Additionally, I took this photo at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in VA a […]

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