They Were Expendable: Voices From MTB Squadron 3
Officers of MTB Squadron 3 recount their Philippine campaign and the lessons learned. Lieutenant Bulkeley and Lieutenant Kelly frame the narrative with Ensign Akers and Cox contributing vivid details, exposing equipment shortages and a nation at war.
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America
MacArthur
John Bulkeley
Bataan
Navy
Bulkeley
Robert Bolling Kelly
Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox Jr
Expendable Navy Crew Faces Pearl Harbor Fallout
In a Cavite interview Bulkeley and fellow officers recount the start of World War II in the Philippines. They describe their torpedo boats, limited fuel, and makeshift living in a Cebu district as they prepare for war and the battle at Mariveles.
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Newport
Philippines
John Bulkeley
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three
Packard
Panama Canal
Manila Bay
Honolulu
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Los Angeles
Bataan Peninsula
Batangas
Corregidor Island
Cavite
Hart
Formosa
Commandantia
Bulkeley
Rockwell
Ray
Bataan
Mariveles Harbor
Corregidor
Kelly
Army and Navy Club
Zamboanga
Davao
Luzon
Aparri
Mariveles
Dutch East Indies
Sisiman Cove
Outdoor Barbecue Ideas and Recipes for Summer
Guidance on enjoying outdoor meals with beef barbecues hamburgers and spare ribs plus salads pies and fresh fruit. Includes recipes for barbecued beef on buns hamburger prize and spare ribs with a tangy sauce and tips for packing supplies and keeping food warm. Ends with a note offering meal planning help from Lynn Chambers at Western Newspaper Union.
Ceiling Price Rules Hover Over Local Groceries
Lynn explains wartime price controls for vegetables such as cabbage carrots lettuce spinach snap beans and tomatoes with meat price changes and red stamp foods. Butchers butter and cheese sellers must post and collect points and may issue ration checks if orders cannot be filled. poultry prices are uniform and anti black market efforts intensify.
Variable Stars Show Dramatic Size Shifts
Variable stars have been observed to alter their diameter within 18 days by as much as 40 million miles, a change about 168 times the Earth Moon distance. The variation highlights dynamic stellar processes and challenges static models of star sizes.
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Earth
Moon
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Motor Torpedo Boat
Melville
Rhode Island
MTB Squadron 3
Henry J. Brantingham
Australia
Dunkirk
Europe
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspa Union
South Desplaines Street
Illinois
Western Newspaper Union
Yodora
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Lynn
San Francisco
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Akin
Costa
Washington Counties
Washington County
Bfgoodrich
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