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War in the Pacific
A. Island Hopping
1. Doolittle’s Raid bombers
aircraft
carrier
a. Launched B-25 __________off
the deck of _________
________to
China
bomb the island of Japan. Planes were land in_____________.
aided
punished
b. Chinese villages that ________Americans
were ___________.
2. Battle of the Coral Sea
American/_________
Australia
Australian Victory stops Japanese _________of
capture
3. Battle of Midway
break
code
Purple “_______”
Enigma Machine
a. Americans _________
___________,
“_____”.
carriers
b. Caught Japanese _______with
planes loaded w/ Bombs
______ on the deck
c. Destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers
______; ___________Japanese
navy.
Cripples
d. America now on the___________.
_____________in
war has shifted
offensive
Momentum
Island of Death Swamp conditions, Disease, ______Rot,
Foot
4. Guadal Canal- “____________”
Etc..
Saipan ___________;
Guam
5. Mariana Islands - Costliest Victory, ________&
Seppuku
_______________-honorable
suicide.
promised
6. Philippines- General MacArthur ________________he
would return.
volcanic
7. Iwo Jima- Island made of ____________
rock.
Rock
a. Japanese dug into______________
.
b. Victory gave the US bombing range to Island of Japan with new
bomber: B-29 “_______________”
Super Fortress
8. Japans last effort- Kamikaze “_________
Wind”
Divine
B. ____________Project
Manhattan
1. _________
___, ________
First Atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico
June 16
1944
Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range
2. President Truman demand Japans __________________
surrender.
unconditional
3. Aug. 6, 1945- _______________bombed,
B-29 ___________
Gay
Hiroshima
Enola
60,000
200,000
_______________people
incinerated, _________________eventually
die
Nagasaki
4. Aug 9,1945- _________________
bombed
August 14, 1945
Japan surrenders….VJ Day _______________________!!
General Leslie R. Groves (left)
and Dr. J. Robert Oppenhiemer
Doolittle Raid
The Plan: Take 16 B-25s, launch 400 miles out, strike targets under the
cover of darkness and recover in China after sunrise.
What Happened; Launch 700 miles out, strike targets during the early
afternoon, and bailout over China in darkness.
Crew 1
Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle and Crew. Dick Cole, a member of the
Greatest Generation, is thankfully still with us today and remains
active on his farm in Comfort, Texas.
Crew 8
Crew 8 landed near Vladivostok with engine trouble and were
interned in Russia until they escaped through Iran in May 1943.
Crew 12
Sgt Duquette was killed 6 weeks after the
raid when his plane hit a mountain while
returning from a bombing mission.
Crew 11
Capt Ross Green was shot down
over North Africa on 17 Jul 1943. He
was Captured – Escaped –
Recaptured and spent the rest of the
war as a POW.
Crew 16
Crew was captured by the Japanese after bailing out. Lt Farrow and Sgt
Spatz were executed on 15 Oct 1942 along with Lt Hallmark from Crew 6.
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•80 Men flew from the Hornet on 18 Apr 1942
•3 were killed bailing out
•8 were captured by the Japanese
•3 POWs were executed
•1 died of malnutrition and mistreatment
•4 were repatriated 40 months into captivity
•10 were KIA in Europe, North Africa & Indo-China
•4 were shot down and interred as German POWs
•As of 21 Dec 05
•16 Raiders are still with us.
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NANKING HEADS - National Archives
Japanese soldiers used prisoners for bayonet practice. At times babies were thrown into
the air for the soldiers to bayonet them. Many Chinese prisoners were buried alive. The
Japanese loaded trucks full with young men and transported to the outskirts for mass
executions. All of these atrocities are documented by the U.S. and Chinese
Governments everyone should read "The Rape Of Nanking" by Iris Chang. By 1939
Japan had control over a large portion of China, Manchuria, Manila, and hundreds of
Islands.
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