USMC Birthday | Veterans Day 10 November 2021 – The United States Marine Corps’ 246th Birthday Prior to 1921, Marines celebrated the recreation of the Corps on 11 July with little pomp or pageantry. On 21 October 1921, Major Edwin North McClellan, in charge of the Corps’s fledgling historical section, sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune, […] […]
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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Podcast – In Remembrance – The War Poets – In Sawnlees Once and Can You Remember Edmund Blunden Posted on November 8, 2021 by Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. This time of year, I like to post the series The War Poets. Just some of the men and women who […]
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Leyte 1944 | Another Eye Witness Account For another insight into the landing at Bito Beach, Leyte, John Holland, of the 675th Glider Field Artillery/11th Airborne Division speaks here… “February 18, 1943, I was assigned and shipped by train to Camp MacKall, Hoffman, North Carolina, and I arrived on the 22th. The Army had started […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore Update – #reviews – #Prehistoric #Adventure Jacqui Murray, #Postwar #Russia Marina Osipova, #Psychological Thriller Vashti Quiroz-Vega Posted on October 29, 2021 by Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. The first review today is for Against All Odds (Book 3 of the Crossroads Trilogy) by Jacqui Murray About the book […]
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Two Men Who Influenced World History Grew up as Iowa Farm Boys Missileman The Secret Life of Cold War Engineer Wallace Clauson A Cold War engineer in a Mr. Rogers sweater. What a fascinating story on several levels, with roots in small-town Iowa and a terrible accident. Wallace Clauson’s intriguing story is told around his […]
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Smitty’s Letter XIV “On The Move (again)” By mid-November, Gen. Krueger’s 4 divisions held only a small fraction of Leyte and Yamashita’s reinforcements were still landing. The weather was grounding aircraft on both sides. 18 November, the 11th Airborne joined in on the King II Operation. The 2nd battalion of the 187th Regiment went aboard the […]
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Leyte continued Sep 27 Posted by GP LST’s # 66,67,18,245,102 on 20 October 1944 While the Imperial Navy was floundering in their attempts to halt the persistent invasion of Leyte, Gen. Yamashita was in his headquarters at Fort McKinley on Luzon. He was receiving very little information from his own people and upon hearing of […]
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Permission to Publish a Depression Era Newspaper Photo This photo was published in The Des Moines Tribune, Sports section, January 10, 1933. “Dexter High Girls Seek First Cage Victory of Season. Although beaten in every game so far this season, Dexter has a scrappy team which has displayed good teamwork, but they are handicapped because […]
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A Soul Lost in a Faraway Jungle – Part 1 Sep 20 Posted by GP Koji Kanemoto had members of his family in both the military and home front on both sides of the Pacific. For a unique look into life at that time, please read this amazing blog series. For information on Leyte simply move […]
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