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The War is
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August 15
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As we reflect with grateful
hearts about those who sacrificed so much, consider the leaders for
whom they fought. Offer a prayer of deliverance that mankind should
never again be faced with such horrors. |
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Web Sites of Interest: |
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Harry S. Truman Library &
Museum - Official web site for the Presidential Papers in Independence,
Missouri
url: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/ |
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The Final Months
of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S.. Invasion planning
and the A-Bomb - by Douglas J. MacEachin; examines the role of signals
intelligence in us military planning during the final stages of the war with
japan, particularly its contribution to planning for an invasion of japan.
url:http://www.odci.gov/csi/monograph/japan/
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General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur - Biographical Schetch -
Commander of the South-east Pacific Theater - 1880-1964 -
url:
http://www.oocities.org/Pentagon/3758/macarth.htm |
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The Navy's Fleet
Admirals - Department of the Navy -
Naval Historical Center: Biographical Sketches of Fleet Admirals
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Leahy, King, Nimitz and Halsey --
url:
http://history.navy.mil/faqs/faq36-1.htm |
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What did the war cost the U.S.?
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Money: |
$317,600,000,000 |
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Battle Casualties: |
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| Killed or Died: |
313,842 |
| Wounded: |
632,539 |
| Prisoners and Missing : |
199,052 |
| Total Battle Casualties: |
1,145,433 |
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(Source: Compton
Encyclopedia) |
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Clink on ribbon to link to :
Military Order
of the
Purple Heart
Thank you, WWII Veterans - Where ever you served!
If your service extended into the occupation
of Germany or Japan, do you remember the
HIT KIT shown below? published by Special Services
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DeLoyd Cooper is the Historian for the 275th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion Association.
Copyright © 1999 DeLoyd Cooper. All rights reserved.
Revised: October 8, 2006
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dcooper1924@comcast.net |
