Category: Pacific War

• Giveaway for “The Zigzag Road”

  Enter the giveaway for “The Zigzag Road” at Goodreads.com: This book is an interesting introduction into the customs and everyday life of Filipinos both before and during WWII. Using the Filipino language along with English in greetings, small talk and foods adds to the authenticity of their life. Explaining many of the customs also adds…

  SCLMRose

  24 Feb 2024

  #lovestory, Pacific War, Philippine History, War in the Philipines

  #GoodreadsGiveaway, #WWII, #WWIIBooks, Book Giveaways, historical-places, History, Philippine History, war, Writing, WWII

• Lucky 666 – The Story of the Longest Continuous Dogfight in the Annals of USAAF History

  Most WWII books are written about the European Theatre, but few are written about the war that took place in the South Pacific. With most attention given to the European Theater, it is great to see books written about the forgotten men not only fighting the Japanese aggression in the Pacific but also constant typhoons,…

  SCLMRose

  20 Sep 2020

  Historical Events, Pacific War, U.S. History, WWII

  Jay Zeamer, Joe Sarnoski, Old 666

• October 20, 1944 – Invasion of Leyte

  I posted this blog at Subliblog.com but unfortunately the reblog button refused to work. So here it is: Alligators Charge toward the Foe on Leyte. Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Seventy-five years ago today, MacArthur fulfilled his pledge and returned to the Philippines. Even with reports of…

  SCLMRose

  20 Oct 2019

  Historical Events, Pacific War, WWII

  Battle of Leyte Gulf, General Douglas MacArthur, I have returned, I shall return, World War II