I am vexed by the following question: Certainly by October, or early November of 1941, US intel was quite certain that the Japanese were going to strike...
... quite ... PI, ... Clearly, ... class, ... observed, ... money. ... did ... after ... Hello Jerry: Off the cuff, I would say Hart certainly did not have 25...
I tend to agreew with Don Kehn. My grasp of the entire picture is not as technical as his own, but it does seem to me that Hart's strategic picture as well as...
Gerald, your question is a good one, but I think additional info will easily answer your concerns. I support Don's and Vic's comments, and here add my own. 1....
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Thanks to all gentlemen who responed to my question regarding Hart and his "use" of his fleet subs. I've waited to reply because I've been "reading" up on...
Gerald from Lou... Good synopsis and careful analysis. Good stuff. I think I am probably a Hart advocate, since I have worked on the period for several years....
Hi Gerald and Lou: I read both of your posts with interest and appreciation. I also have some differences of opinion with certain aspects of them. I'll try to...
Hello, Don, and Gerald, too... Each point is well stated, Don. No argument here. I see you are no fan of General MacArthur; fine, I agree with that too. It...
Thanks to you great guys who have taken your time to talk to a guy with limited knowledge about the Asiatic Fleet. However, here are some things I think should...
Hello all, This is Eric Niderost, and I have added a photo to the "album"-- it's a picture of the 1st battalion, Fourth Marines withdrawing from Shanghai, Nov...
Hi, I just made an album--three photos to start, including the one already sent. The story of their departure can be read in my article in WWII magazine "Lost...
These photos are haunting. There is an amazing string of history from the point of these photos into the past -- and forward! It is as if a period at the end...
Well said, Vic. When I looked at the photos they really grabbed me but I couldn't quite put my finger on exactly why. My dad use to tell me stories about...
... Yes Vic, I feell exactly the same way- haunting- an end of an era-- end of, as I said, the US as a semi-colonial power in China--that dated back to the...
Hello all, I've put more photos on in the Fourth marine Shanghai album-- subject is the same-- departure of the Fourth Marines, end of an era-- Nove 28, 1941. ...
Hi, As many of you know I've been processing some film found in my Uncle's home after he passed away four years ago. I have some of the Asiatic fleet footage...
Jim, It is good to see this at last available. I will be ordering one of these myself. May I suggeset for ease of handling that you set up yourself an account...
Hi all, Please respond to my email address and not the Fleet group email. Sorry. There will be a short delay, 2 weeks, before orders can be processed as I...
Hello, I've posted another album--this time, it's from my collection of Old Shanghai items-it's a soochow creek medal of 1937 When the Sino-Japanese war broke...
Dear all, I don't remember seeing or even being interested in the Soochow Creek medal when I was on the Asiatic Station in Shanghai. I probably heard of it...
I just received a letter of violation for displaying the American flag at the apartment I lease. I have lived there for almost 3.5 years, and have flown the...
you want a diplomatic solution? Or a not so diplomatic solution? Brandon kelleygeary <kelleygeary@...> wrote: I just received a letter of violation for...
Kelly, Do you want the suggestions that are actually fit to print or the ones which will be considered physically impossible for them to do? Actually, you have...
hello all, I'd like to annouce that my article on Donald Versaw, Fourth Marine bandsman, has been published in WWII History magazine, Jan 2007 issue. Don, who...
