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Post by rlbj25 on Apr 16, 2022 6:51:19 GMT 8
Thanks for the post, Karl. I love that cemetery and look forward to seeing the new visitor center whenever we get back there. The map rooms are my favorite feature. I always felt that the WWII memorial in DC was a missed opportunity in that they should have borrowed the map room concept to tell the story.
Look forward to hearing about your trip to Samar. Some day I hope to emulate your trips throughout the Philippines when I retire.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Aug 23, 2023 18:46:23 GMT 8
Mosaic Maps of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. These large maps on the walls in the map rooms are great graphic art work to learn the WWII history. There are about 25 maps, too much to study in one visit to the memorial when there is so much more to see and contemplate. On the bottom of each of these high resolution jpg file image I added the descriptive text for easier reading and the link to download them, even bigger in other file formats. All this is courtesy of the ABMC. Zg459. (-01a). Location of the Map Rooms at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, from Google Earth So far, I only uploaded one half of the maps, in high resolution as jpg files, about 12, at this Flickr album URL: www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720310646992 This is the URL to a pdf file with all the Mosaic Maps of the Manila Mosaic Maps of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which was provided by the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (put it in your browser, takes time to download): philippine-sailor.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Doc008-.pdfZg460. (-08). LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 20 OCTOBER 1944-15 AUGUST 1945. This is a Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Mosaic Map. For this Karl’s webpage presentation, only the location graph and one sample image are provided but I added the descriptive paragraphs on the image as a text, it can be downloaded in high resolution with this URL: www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/53134076154/in/album-72177720310646992/-08. LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 20 OCTOBER 1944-15 AUGUST 1945. DURING THE LONG ENEMY OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE UNITED STATES PERSISTENTLY FOUGHT HER WAY BACK. BY THE FALL OF 1944 SUCCESS WAS IN SIGHT. THE FIRST STEP IN LIBERATING THE ISLANDS WAS THE INVASION OF LEYTE IN OCTOBER 1944. THE DECISIVE DEFEAT OF THE JAPANESE FLEET AT THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF RENDERED IT POWERLESS TO PREVENT FUTURE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. TWO MONTHS OF HARD FIGHTING FREED MOST OF LEYTE WHICH THEN BECAME THE CENTRAL BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO. THE NEXT STEP ESTABLISHED OUR FORCES ON MINDORO IN DECEMBER. IN JANUARY 1945, UNDER COVER OF NAVAL AND AIR BOMBARDMENT, THE SIXTH ARMY LANDED ON LUZON AND ADVANCED DOWN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OTHER UNITS LANDED ON THE WEST COAST OF THE ISLAND AND SEIZED BATAAN PENINSULA AND CORREGIDOR. MANILA BAY WAS OPENED IN EARLY MARCH. AFTER HEAVY FIGHTING THE SIXTH ARMY DROVE THE ENEMY INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AND EAST LUZON. THE EIGHTH ARMY AND UNITS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET HAD ALREADY EMBARKED ON A SERIES OF MORE THAN FIFTY AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS TO FREE THE OTHER ISLANDS. DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH U.S. FORCES SECURED AIRFIELDS ON PALAWAN AND ZAMBOANGA, THEN EXTENDED THEIR CONTROL OVER THE SULU ARCHIPELAGO, ENABLING THE FIFTH AND THIRTEENTH AIR FORCES TO PROJECT THEIR STRENGTH FAR OVER THE WATERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. U.S. SEA AND AIR POWER BLOCKED ENEMY TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS AND THE JAPANESE HOMELAND, THUS ISOLATING THE JAPANESE REMAINING ON EACH OF THE ISLANDS. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE EIGHTH ARMY OVERPOWERED THE ENEMY IN THE VISAYAN SEA AREA, THEREBY OPENING A SHORTER SUPPLY ROUTE FROM LEYTE TO LUZON. ON 17 APRIL SOME OF ITS UNITS LANDED ON THE COAST OF MINDANAO AND ADVANCED TOWARD DAVAO GULF; OTHERS FOLLOWED AND FOUGHT THEIR WAY NORTHWARD TOWARD MALAYBALAY TO MEET ADDITIONAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCES WHICH LANDED IN MAY. RESISTANCE WAS STUBBORN BUT THE TROOPS PUSHED STEADILY FORWARD INTO THE MOUNTAINS, PRECEDED BY MARINE CORPS AND ARMY AIR FORCES AIRCRAFT WHICH DEMORALIZED THE RETREATING ENEMY. BY THE END OF JUNE, ON BOTH MINDANAO AND LUZON AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND FILIPINO GUERRILLAS HAD COMPRESSED THE ENEMY INTO ISOLATED MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. THERE HE WAS SUBJECTED TO INTENSIVE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT AND TO CONSTANT PRESSURE UNTIL 15 AUGUST 1945 WHEN HOSTILITIES CEASED. ON 1 JULY THE EIGHTH ARMY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAND OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES; THE SIXTH ARMY REGROUPED FORCES IN PREPARATION FOR AN NVASION OF JAPAN.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Sept 4, 2023 18:48:03 GMT 8
Mosaic Maps of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. 2nd half of the 25 maps, the last 13 maps have been added. These large maps on the walls in the map rooms are great graphic art work to learn the WWII history. There are about 25 maps, too much to study in one visit to the memorial when there is so much more to see and contemplate. On the bottom of each of these high resolution jpg file image I added the descriptive text for easier reading and the link to download them, even bigger in other file formats. All this is courtesy of the ABMC. All 25 maps are uploaded now in high resolution as jpg files, into this Flickr album URL, click here: www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720310646992 This is the URL to a pdf file with all the Mosaic Maps of the Manila Mosaic Maps of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which was provided by the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (put it in your browser, takes time to download): philippine-sailor.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Doc008-.pdfFor this 2nd forum presentation, only one sample image are provided but I added the descriptive paragraphs from the image as a text: #18, Battle of the Philippine Sea 15-20 June 1944. This sample image can be downloaded in high resolution with this URL, click here: www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/53161419788/in/album-72177720310646992/Zg461. (-18). BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA 15-20 JUNE 1944. Picture descriptions: -I. WHEN, ON 15 JUNE 1944, THE U.S. FIFTH FLEET LANDED THE 2ND AND 4TH MARINE DIVISIONS OF THE V AMPHIBIOUS CORPS ON SAIPAN, THE JAPANESE REACTION WAS IMMEDIATE AND VIGOROUS. BY THE VERY NEXT DAY THE JAPANESE MOBILE FLEET, WHICH INCLUDED NINE FAST CARRIERS, HAD SET UNITS IN MOTION FROM MANY WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS, EFFECTED A RENDEZVOUS IN THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND MOVED TO THE ATTACK. THE COMBAT ELEMENTS OF THE FIFTH FLEET, INCLUDING FIFTEEN FAST CARRIERS, IMMEDIATELY MOVED INTO POSITION TO COVER THE SAIPAN AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION WHILE ITS CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THEIR DESTRUCTIVE ATTACKS UPON THE JAPANESE AIR BASES IN THE MARIANAS. -II. THE JAPANESE, EARLY ON THE MORNING OF 19 JUNE, BEGAN LAUNCHING AIRCRAFT AT EXTREME RANGE, PLANNING THAT THESE SHOULD SUCCESSFULLY ATTACK THE AMERICAN SHIPS, THEN LAND AND REFUEL AT GUAM. FOUR SEPARATE ATTACKS WERE INTERCEPTED BY AIRCRAFT OF THE FIFTH FLEET; OVER 300 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT BEING SHOT DOWN BY AMERICAN INTERCEPTORS AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, DESTROYED ON THE GROUND OR LOST AT SEA. -III. ONLY A FEW JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR CARRIERS, WHICH IN THE MEANTIME BEGAN TO WITHDRAW TO THE NORTHWEST. THE FIFTH FLEET PURSUED BUT DID NOT LOCATE THE RETREATING ENEMY UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF 20 JUNE WHEN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WERE LAUNCHED AT SUCH LONG RANGE, SO LATE IN THE DAY, THAT A PERILOUS NIGHT RECOVERY WAS INEVITABLE. NEVERTHELESS, THE AMERICAN PILOTS BOLDLY PRESSED THEIR ATTACK AND SANK A CARRIER AND TWO TANKERS. MANY AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RETURN. -IV. IN ADDITION TO THE DESTRUCTION INFLICTED BY U.S. NAVAL AIRCRAFT, SUBMARINES OF THE PACIFIC FLEET SANK TWO OTHER JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON 19 JUNE.
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