Subject: WWII-L Digest - 15 Apr 1993 to 16 Apr 1993

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Topics of the day:

  1. USAAF 16 APR 43
  2. Two Questions
  3. REF: U.S. Army in WWII (6)
  4. Seeking book on Pacific War (8)
  5. Special Opportunity for Archival Research
  6. Teterboro Display
  7. Polish Government in Exile
  8. Ronald Spector book
  9. NEH Interpretive Research Grants

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 07:16:33 -0400
From:    [email-masked]
Subject: USAAF 16 APR 43

COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
FRIDAY, 16 APRIL 1943
FTP SITES
  1. ftp.rutgers.edu in directory pub/wwii/usaf
  2. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.152) in
pub/history/military/wwii/usaaf

AIRCRAFT MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT:
  A-20, Douglas Havoc
  B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
  B-24, Consolidated Liberator
  B-25, North American Mitchell
  B-26, Martin Marauder
  F-5, Lockheed Lightning
  P-38, Lockheed Lightning
  P-40, Curtiss

AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eleventh Air Force)
  In the Aleutians, Kiska is bombed and strafed 13 times. A total of 13
B-24's, 12 B-25's, 32 P-40's, 29 P-38's, and 2 F-5A's cover targets which
include installations in the Holtz Bay area and gun positions on North
Head.

CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force)
    In Burma, P-40's, bombing a railroad bridge near Mogaung, score a
direct hit on the target and blow up both approaches, leaving the bridge
temporarily unserviceable. Later in the day the bridge near Pinbaw is
demolished by direct hits. Eight B-24's hit the Rangoon Marshaling Yard,
9 B-25's bomb the Thazi rail junction, while 9 more, weathered out of
Maymyo, hit rail targets in Mandalay.

  CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force)
    In China, P-40's strafe a group of buildings E of Tenchung.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
  VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 51: 25 B-24's are dispatched
against the Brest, France U-Boat base while 83 B-17's are dispatched
against the Lorient, France U-Boat base. 19 B-24's drop 52 tons on Brest at
1337-1338 hours; the B-24's claim 2-3-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-24's are
lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 9 are damaged; casualties are 3 WIA
and 31 MIA. 59 B-17's bomb Lorient at 1412-1414 hours dropping 147 tons of
bombs; they claim 9-4-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost and 8 are damaged;
casualties are 7 WIA and 10 MIA. The attack is hindered by an effective
smoke screen and strong fighter opposition.
  HQ 96th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Great Saling, England from
the U.S.

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force)
    In Sicily, B-24's attack a tanker in Catania harbor, scoring several
hits on the target and in surrounding areas.
    In Tunisia, fighters fly sea patrol. The British Eighth Army abandons
their attempts to force a German retreat from Enfidaville by quick jabs and
prepares to launch a full-scale assault during the night of 19/20 Apr.
    The 83d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 12th Bombardment Group (Medium)
and 488th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 340th Bombardment Group (Medium),
both with B-25's, transfer from Medenine, Tunisia to Sfax, Tunisia.
    The 512th and 513th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 376th Bombardment
Group (Heavy) with B-24's transfer from Soluch, Libya to Bengasi, Libya;.

  WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Northwest African Air Force)
    In Sicily, Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) B-17's bomb
the dock area at Palermo.
    In Tunisia, Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) fighters strafe
trucks during the night of 15/16 Apr and during the following day. A-20's
and fighter-bombers bomb Djqobel el Raar and concentrations located in
various wadis in the battle area. Northwest African Coastal Air Force
(NACAF) aircraft maintain sea reconnaissance and patrols. NASAF B-25's and
B-26's hit the Oudns landing ground while P-38's bomb vessels near Cape
Zebib and at Cape el Ahmar.
    The 85th and 86th Bombardment Squadrons (Light), 47th Bombardment Group
(Light) with A-20's transfer from Thelepte, Tunisia to Souk-el-Arba,
Tunisia.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force)
  In the Solomons, B-17's bomb Kahili Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force)
  In New Guinea, B-24's bomb Kaimana, Wewak, Madang, and Lae. B-17's pound
shipping at Wewak, leaving 3 vessels sunk or in sinking condition.
  In Timor, B-25's bomb Vila Salazar.

SOURCES:
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force
History,
  Headquarters USAF, 1961, ISBN 0-912799-02-1
COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air
Force
  History, Headquarters USAF 1982
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945
by the
  Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH WAR DIARY by Roger A. Freeman, ISBN
1-85409-071-2

Jack McKillop
USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
1955-59

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 07:36:49 CST
From:    "[email-masked]. --Scherrer,
         Tim A." <[email-masked]>
Subject: Two Questions

I have two brief questions, if anyone can help me out-----

1.  Do we have any Aggies on the conference---I'd like to talk direct to
a graduate of Texas A & M University, preferably someone who went
through their ROTC program.  It has to do with a uniform project I'm
working on.

2.  I think Akira ask this about a year ago, but are there any good WWII
bookstores in the Oakland/San Fransisco area?  Are there any good
military antique stores in the areas?

Please respond to me direct---Thanks----Tim

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 16:13:14 +0300
From:    Ozgur Altinyay <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

Dear Samuel
I will be most interested in reading your paper  . I will ,ost appreciate if
you emial to me
Thanks in advance
Altinyay@Trbilun

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 08:58:40 CDT
From:    Pat Hughes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

When you say "the whole thing is also available on CD-ROM" do you mean that
the Green Books have been issued on CD-ROM??? I would be very interested in
that.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 09:26:37 EST
From:    Larry Jewell <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

>
> When you say "the whole thing is also available on CD-ROM" do you mean that
> the Green Books have been issued on CD-ROM??? I would be very interested in
> that.
>
Sorry, I meant the index of available documents.  I would also be very inter-
ested in the full text on CD-ROM, though it might mean that I'd never
get out of the house agian :-).

Digitizing of documents of historical interest is in the earliest stages
and I think in the next ten years we'll see some truly awesome collections
of works made available on a format that currently is primarily used for
Madonna and Dwight Yokum.

Larry J

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 09:47:00 CDT
From:    Pat Hughes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

I might be in a position to suggest to the Center for Military History that
the Green Books would be a very good target for digitizing. I am working on
the Army's pilot project for historical digitizing dealing with the Gulf War
records. I will see what I can suggest on WWII.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 09:50:02 -0500
From:    Bob Rogers <[email-masked]>
Subject: Seeking book on Pacific War

Can anybody recommed a good, one-volume history of WWII in the
Pacific?

Thanks.

--
Bob Rogers            Internet:  [email-masked]
Instrumental, Inc.    GEnie:     R.C.ROGERS
Minneapolis, MN       Phone:     612-920-6188

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 10:01:53 EDT
From:    "Meghan Laslocky, NEH" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Special Opportunity for Archival Research

               Special Opportunity for Archival Research

     The National Endowment for the Humanities has undertaken an
initiative to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the birth of
democracy and to celebrate the spread of democratic institutions
in our own time.  In pursuit of this initiative, the Endowment
now announces a special opportunity for scholars seeking support
for individual or collaborative research to be undertaken in
archives abroad.

     The Endowment is especially interested in projects
reflecting emerging opportunities for research in recently opened
archives in newly-democratized countries, such as the former
Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe or the republics of the
former Soviet Union.  Projects may address topics in any field of
the humanities, but preference will be given to projects that
investigate documents whose physical condition or whose uncertain
future access necessitates urgent attention.  Applications will
be reviewed on the basis of the significance of the project for
the humanities and the importance of the proposed archival
research to the completion of that project.  Grants will provide
limited support for travel (to a maximum of $2,800), living
expenses (not to exceed $1,250 per month), and research
expenses (including duplication of materials).  The proposed
grant period must be three or more weeks in duration, and the
total request cannot exceed a maximum of $20,000.

     This special opportunity is offered under the current
guidelines for the Division of Research programs, and
applications will be evaluated according to the "Evaluation
Criteria" published in the Guide to the Division of Research
Programs (1992): p. 24.  Applicants for this special opportunity
will be asked to submit a narrative description of the project
(not to exceed 5 single-spaced pages) outlining the methodology
and workplan of the proposed archival project, explaining the
importance of the archival collection(s) to be visited and the
research materials to be consulted, and demonstrating the impact
and significance of the project for the humanities in general.
Applicants will also be asked to indicate how access to the
research collection(s) will be secured.

     Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and foreign
nationals who have been living in the United States or its
jurisdictions for at least three years prior to the time of
application.  Work undertaken to satisfy requirements for an
academic degree is ineligible for support from this program.

     For information and application forms, prospective
applicants should contact

         Special Opportunity for Archival Research (S.O.A.R.)
              NEH Interpretive Research Program, Room 318
                    1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                         Washington, DC  20506
                        telephone 202/606-8210

     Inquiries about the program may be directed through e-mail
to [email-masked] (INTERNET) or NEHRES@GWUVM (BITNET).
E-mail messages should list "Archival Research" in the subject
line.

      The deadline for receipt of applications is May 11, 1993.
Thereafter, proposals will be accepted for review at bi-monthly
deadlines, subject to availability of funds.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:46:29 EDT
From:    Robert E George <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

>
> Can anybody recommed a good, one-volume history of WWII in the
> Pacific?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Bob Rogers            Internet:  [email-masked]
> Instrumental, Inc.    GEnie:     R.C.ROGERS
> Minneapolis, MN       Phone:     612-920-6188
>

You might like Ronald Spector's book "Eagle Against the Sun"
(maybe not the precise title?)

Rob

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:52:59 -0400
From:    John Riegsecker <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

Bob,

>Can anybody recommed a good, one-volume history of WWII in the
>Pacific?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Bob Rogers            Internet:  [email-masked]
>Instrumental, Inc.    GEnie:     R.C.ROGERS
>Minneapolis, MN       Phone:     612-920-6188

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I liked the following book.

 TITLE        The Pacific War / John Costello.
 AUTHOR       Costello, John.
 EDITION      1st ed.
 PUBLISHER    New York : Rawson, Wade, c1981.
 DESCRIPTION  xiv, 742 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
 NOTES        Bibliography: p. [709]-720.
              Includes index.
 SUBJECTS     World War, 1939-1945 --Pacific Ocean.
 ISBN         0892562064 : $24.00.
 LCCN         81007381.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:01:56 EST
From:    Larry Jewell <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

>
> I might be in a position to suggest to the Center for Military History that
> the Green Books would be a very good target for digitizing. I am working on
> the Army's pilot project for historical digitizing dealing with the Gulf War
> records. I will see what I can suggest on WWII.
>
Great!  We need to make the information searchable and useable.  a CD-ROM
can hold all of the books with room to hold more.

Good people, we need to start a campaign to get our subject digitized early
on.  The New York Times printed a "Text of Communiques from the Various
Fronts." every day of the war.  This would make an interesting chronology
of the diplomatic announcements and be a fun comparison with the "real"
events for the same period (what was the public being told as compared
witht what was really going on?)

Larry J

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 12:36:50 -0400
From:    [email-masked]
Subject: Teterboro Display

I previously posted a notice of a B-25, PBY and B-17 appearing at
Teterboro Airport, New Jersey between April 16 (today) and April
18.

Be advised that this has been cancelled.  The aircraft travel
together and one of them has engine problems so they have cancelled
their appearance.  The people at the New Jersey Aviation Hall of
Fame and Museum told me that the aircraft display will be
re-scheduled; they should know the new date by the end of next week.

Stay tuned.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:40:08 EST
From:    Larry Jewell <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

>
> Can anybody recommed a good, one-volume history of WWII in the
> Pacific?
>
> Thanks.

 Political or tactically oreinted?  The distinction is important given
the scope of the arena.  Which ever one you chose, keep a good chronology
of the whole war at your elbow to keep the big picture in mind.

 My recommendations:

The Rising Sun, John Toland.  Good analysis and very balanced, IMHO, while
occasionally getting down to personal levels and following real people
for a while.

The Pacific War 1941-45, John Costello.  Haven't done a thorough read of
this one yet, but the initial look-over was enough for me to buy it vice
waiting for the libraries to pick it up.

> --
> Bob Rogers            Internet:  [email-masked]
> Instrumental, Inc.    GEnie:     R.C.ROGERS
> Minneapolis, MN       Phone:     612-920-6188
>
Larry J

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 12:00:34 EST
From:    Larry Jewell <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

>
> You might like Ronald Spector's book "Eagle Against the Sun"
> (maybe not the precise title?)
>
> Rob
>
I've seen this one but haven't had time to look it over.  Can you give
us an opinion on it?

Larry J

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 09:49:00 PST
From:    Stephen Fox <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

Ronald Spector, _Eagle Against the Sun_(The Free Press, 1985).

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 15:04:00 EST
From:    "W.C. (RUSTY) DIVENS" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

A book I was somewhat reluctant to read, but which I found pretty
fascinating is WAR WITHOUT MERCY: RACE AND POWER IN THE PACIFIC WAR
by John Dower (New York, Pantheon Books, 1986) ISBN 039450030X.

It delves more into the propoganda and the racial perspectives that
were in place in the prewar and war years.  I found it to be a
pretty well-balanced presentation, that was very careful to refrain
from being judgemental in its presentation.  After reading it, I
finally undrestood why the Pacific war was a completely different
type of war than the European front.  If anyone is seriously
contemplating a study of the Pacific war, it might be worth a look.
I cannot say I agreed with all the premises that were presented, but
it certainly gives one pause to think, particularly when our perception
of the war comes largely from the Hollywood presentations of the
events.

N93774
@vms.cis.pitt.edu

Bill

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 14:11:53 -0500
From:    Steve Pec <[email-masked]>
Subject: Polish Government in Exile

Seeking German articles, books on Polish Government in exile.
Thanks.  Steve Pec
Please respond to: vunsf::"[email-masked]"

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 17:23:58 -0300
From:    Jay White <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: REF: U.S. Army in WWII

LJ> Digitizing of documents of historical interest is in the
LJ> earliest stages and I think in the next ten years we'll see
LJ> some truly awesome collections of works made available on a
LJ> format that currently is primarily used for Madonna and
LJ> Dwight Yokum.

Larry,  I quite agree, and I think it will revolutionize the way that
historical research is conducted currently.

On a related issue, has anyone ever compiled a list of historical
journals that are now (or are planning to be) available in CD-ROM
format?  I would imagine that medical and scientific scholarly
journals have the jump on the humanities in this respect, but surely
there are some forward-thinking history journals out there that are
looking at CD-ROM?

cheers,
        Jay

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 13:36:00 PST
From:    Stephen Fox <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Seeking book on Pacific War

I posted earlier and suggested the Spector book, but Larry Jewell's
reply cauyse me to want to second most enthusiastically _The
Rising Sun_ by Toland.

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 17:21:10 EDT
From:    Robert E George <[email-masked]>
Subject: Ronald Spector book

>
> >
> > You might like Ronald Spector's book "Eagle Against the Sun"
> > (maybe not the precise title?)
> >
> > Rob
> >
> I've seen this one but haven't had time to look it over.  Can you give
> us an opinion on it?
>
> Larry J
>

I liked it. It covers not only the Pacific but CBI as well. Anti-MacArthur,
pro-USMC slant.(Spector is a Marine.) Interesting background material on
US,JApanese armed forces.

Rob

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 1993 14:49:18 EDT
From:    "Meghan Laslocky, NEH" <[email-masked]>
Subject: NEH Interpretive Research Grants

              National Endowment for the Humanities
                  Interpretive Research Program

      The Interpretive Research Program at the National Endowment
for the Humanities offers three categories of support that are
designed to promote joint research efforts in humanities
disciplines:

     Collaborative Projects involve two or more scholars
     undertaking research for periods of more than one year; the
     Endowment is particularly interested in integrated efforts
     that interpret or synthesize work on important scholarly and
     intellectual issues.

           An award was made recently to support "Dialogues:
          Literary/Critical Exchanges Between Russian and
          American Women," a project that brings together two
          American and two Russian scholars to produce a
          comparative study of contemporary Russian and American
          women writers, incorporating representative works of
          fiction, autobiography, and interpretation by authors
          of both cultures.

     Humanities, Science, and Technology grants support research
     that brings the knowledge, methods, and perspective of the
     humanities to bear on the subjects of science, technology,
     and medicine.

           "Race, Mental Health, and Youth in New York" is a two
          year project currently supported by this category.  The
          grant will result in a history of the development of
          mental health and social services for African American
          and Hispanic youth in New York City from 1940 to 1976.

     Conferences unite scholars working on related topics in
     order to encourage the open exchange of ideas and thus
     stimulate scholarly research.

           In December of 1992, an international conference
          supported by the Endowment, "The Terror in the French
          Revolution," focused on the nature and genesis of the
          Terror of 1793-4, its place in history, and its
          significance in current historiographical debate.

Application deadlines:

      Collaborative Projects:  October 15, 1993
      Humanities, Science, and Technology:  October 15, 1993
      Conferences:  July 15, 1993 and January 15, 1994

Applications for Collaborative Projects and Humanities, Science,
and Technology will be available via paper mail in the late
spring; applications for Conferences are currently available via
paper mail.  Applicants are encouraged to consult with a member
of the staff before submitting a final application:

      The Interpretive Reseach Program
      NEH, Division of Research Programs, Room 318
      1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
      Washington, D. C.  20506
      202/606-8210

Inquiries about the program may also be directed through e-mail
to [email-masked] (INTERNET) or NEHRES@GWUVM(BITNET).
E-mail messages should list "Interpretive Research" in the
subject line.

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