Bits O'History-- New News About Old Stuff.
1. WW II ANNIVERSARIES-- This blog tends to cover World War II to a large extent. Two impotant anniversaries of that war took place on this date.
1939-- WW II began with Germany's invasion of Poland.
1945-- Americans received word of Japan's formal surrender that ended WW II.
A beginning and an end on this date.
2. PROP RETURNED-- The June 30th Northern Territory News reports that two fishermen accidentally raised up an airplane propeller from the wreck of the American troopship Mauna Loa which was sunk by Japanese planes on Feb. 19, 1942. The prop had come up when their anchor became entangles with it.
Darwin has been described as the "Pearl Harbor of Australia" when Japanese aircraft from four aircraft carriers attacked the unprepared port.
3. WW II GROUP DISBANDS-- For lack of members as the Greatest generation continues to die. There are only six members left of the Co. F 153rd Infantry who served in the Aleutian Islands. Unfortunately, this is happening all too often these days.
It Would Appear That the Darwin Story Needs to Be Examined in More Detail. I'd Never Heard of it Before. --Da Coot
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