[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 and the occasional radio broadcast 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. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

[1010RD]

There was a time when your headline posting would raise my blood pressure. Now I know it’s history. ;-]

[chajin]

The IJN Naval Academy was technically on Nomishima, an island right off the coast of Kure, in the island town of Etajima, where it had been since the 1880s. The OCS of the JMSDF (Maritime Self-Defense Force) is still there. It made sense to rendezvous over the site, but the symbolism would not have been lost on the enemy.

[chajin]

The IJN Naval Academy was technically on Nomishima, an island right off the coast of Kure, in the island town of Etajima, where it had been since the 1880s. The OCS of the JMSDF (Maritime Self-Defense Force) is still there. It made sense to rendezvous over the site, but the symbolism would not have been lost on the enemy.

[109ACS]

Three days later, on July 28, 1945, the husband of my third cousin, Lt. Durden Looper, was shot down in his B24 while attacking the battleship Haruna at Kure. He was captured and taken to Hiroshima for interrogation. He was killed by the atomic bomb on August 6th. He was the co-pilot of "Lonesome Lady".