[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
Japanese Advance, 21 July-16 Sept. 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Advance to Stalingrad, Operations, 24 July-18 November 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

[GeronL]

M’Nutt?? Did they run out of little c’s or was their headline moonlighting from VARIETY?

[GeronL]

I like how they published transcripts of radio broadcasts from all of the countries.

[muawiyah]

Great post Homer.

That "DRAFT" order tells you how desperate things were ~

For years and years when I"d go into Postal Headquarters I"d pass by a bronze plaque filled with hundreds of names ~ many of them the names of fellows killed in WWII.

These were Postal Headquarters and DC post office guys who were REASSIGNED per the provisions of that draft order to post office field operations at, near, on, under, or inside the various fronts ~ Atlantic and Pacific, or in the Merchant Marine.

It was real ~ one day you were on the job in a post office and the next you were under fire armed only with the Postal Manual. These were considered highly important jobs.

[fella]

A room at Chesterfield Suites will cost a bit more than $3 now.

[CougarGA7]

• Walter Zinn and his crew of workers begins the first of what will be 16 successive exponential piles in the stands of Stagg Field to test the purity of the carbon shipments to be used by Fermi to generate a sustained chain reaction.