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Veterans Day 2020 Remembrance and Gratitude
Originally posted on Pacific Paratrooper: My post for this Veterans Day is dedicated to Sgt. Walter Morgan Bryant Jr., USMC; R.I.P my dear friend! … there is an old Marine poem… it says: ‘When I get to heaven, To St. Peter I will tell, Another Marine reporting sir, I’ve served my time in hell.” …
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Pacific War Trials – part two
Originally posted on Pacific Paratrooper: Courtroom spectators, Manila The Allies also established the United Nations War Crimes Commission (the UNWCC) in 1943. The UNWCC collected evidence on Axis war crimes and drew up lists of suspected war criminals for Allied prosecution after the war. In 1944, a sub-commission of the UNWCC was established in Chungking…
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Batangas Province During The Spanish Regime
Originally posted on Subli: Map of Batangas Province – Photo Credit – Wikipedia by Roel Balingit Large centers of population already thrived in Batangas before the Spaniards arrived. Native settlements lined the Pansipit River, a major waterway near Taal Lake. Batangas first came to be known as Bombon. It was named after Taal Lake, which…
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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,…
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The Provisional Recon Platoon – Spearhead of the Los Banos Raid
Originally posted on Subli: Terry Santos – Photo Credit – The History Channel I was just reading Pacific Paratrooper’s blog by GP Cox when I saw the farewell salutes. One of them is Terry Santos. I remember the name from the Los Baños rescue mission. I searched my archives and I saw this article by…
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9-11-2001 – “To remember, lest we forget.”
On September 11, 2001, an evil force struck the heart of New Yorkers and all mankind for that matter. There isn’t an American who is not affected by it. Everyone who died in that tragedy left someone behind who loved them. Show respect for police officers and firefighters. Remember 9-11.
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Sept. 2, 1945
Seventy-five years ago today, Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII. This post was originally posted at https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri as General Richard K. Sutherland watches, September 2, 1945 – Photo Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty – Naval Historical Center Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to…
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Food for Thought – Why the Philippines have Ineffective Government Leadership
Originally posted on Subli: Ayala Avenue, Makati Photo Credit – Patrickroque01@English Wikipedia A friend of mine, Benjamin R. Punongbayan, the founder of Punongbayan and Araullo, one of the largest accounting firms in the Philippines and founder of Buklod National Political Party, spoke at a virtual book launching event recently. He gave some insights on…
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Monday Motivation
While cleaning up my husband’s papers, I came across this piece of ethos amongst his notes while a student at a Dale Carnegie class. That must be at least 40 years ago. It applied then and it still very much applies today. What it means to be an American.
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