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Post by dmether on Apr 20, 2012 18:33:18 GMT 8
Sounds like Maynard (Snuffy) Smity. They couldn't bust him because he was to be awarded the Medal of Honor, so just before the ceremony he was on potato peeling detail.
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Post by dmether on Apr 19, 2012 8:46:41 GMT 8
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Post by dmether on Apr 15, 2012 16:58:40 GMT 8
I would have never found that, thanks for finding the location. I am wonding if the cut off road still exists? Here is another map of the location. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 14, 2012 14:31:28 GMT 8
Part 3 of 3 of the map. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 14, 2012 14:30:14 GMT 8
Part 2 of the map Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 14, 2012 14:28:17 GMT 8
Came across this map from an Archives file titled "60th Coast Artillery, misc maps and sketches." Since it's dated Jan 3 1941 it's pre-war, maybe an exercise? Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 10, 2012 20:19:00 GMT 8
If you get a chance, check out the Papua New Guinea National Museum, a six pack of beer will probably get you into the back room storage area which has a great collection of artifacts. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 6, 2012 8:44:35 GMT 8
I do have a copy of the map with the circle, however it is pretty useless, all it is is a 1km circle drawn around Tarak, an analysis of where it could possibly be.
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Post by dmether on Apr 5, 2012 15:05:04 GMT 8
Regarding the picture on page 1 of the wartime Bay View Hotel. The building on the left is the Luneta Hotel, which is still standing. Next to it is the Bay View, and behind the Bay View is the Boulevard-Alhambra (now the Bel-Air) Apartments, then the Miramar Hotel. It was in the Bay View, Boulevard-Alhambra, and Miramar (and the Manila Hotel) where the mass rapes in February 45 took place. The exact number of women and girls raped was never determined; however after the war 269 were found and interviewed. They were Filipino, American, Austrian, Spanish, German, British, Turkish, Russian, Panamanian, Formosan, and Estonian. I also included another shot of the place. Circled, foreground is the Luneta Hotel, directly behind is the Bay View, then Boulevard-Alhambra, then the shortest being the Miramar. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Apr 5, 2012 14:21:58 GMT 8
Here is the Price house in 1945, during the war crimes investigaion. Attachments:
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