Getting Tough With Japan in Manila After War Ends
The article argues General Douglas MacArthur’s firm stance toward Japan reflects American sentiment for decisive action. It notes impatience with Tokyo’s delays, praise for enforced surrender terms in Manila, and suggests Japanese leaders, including the emperor, may not grasp Japan’s defeat. It implies home-front lapses in acknowledging loss remain evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manila
Tokyo
MacArthy
Japan
Casa
Wold
Tidweyer
Truman
Troy
Bnt
General MacArthur
Polio Prevention Spraying in Rockford Tests DDT Use
An experimental spray in Rockford uses 1680 pounds of DDT to combat poliomyelitis. The effort aims to curb insect carriers and protect public health while questions remain about effectiveness and long term impact in the fight against polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ly Houseflien
Open Forum favorable to a war memorial building
A reader from Mainz, Germany writes from a World War II era post office in New York expressing strong support for constructing a Middlesboro War Memorial Building. The letter honors serving women and soldiers, urging pride in an on-site tribute.
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Marienbad
Czechoslovakia
HL Arundel
Middlesboro
Gut
The Japanese War Mindset and Pacific Power Shifts
A wartime compilation traces misperceptions of Japan’s strength, the rapid rise of Japanese power in Asia and the Pacific, and later Allied reversals. It includes quotes from Japanese officials, press, and observers on Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid, and the shifting balance toward Japan then toward Coalition victory.
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Pacific
United Nations
Japan
West
China
Wester
Asia
Oceania
Genghis Khan
Tspan
Manchuria
Korea
Tsushima Straits
Normandy
Apan
Malaya
Konrad Sato
Military Air Section
War Ministry
Roberts
Dea
Pearl Harbor
United States Armed Services
United States
Tokyo Radio
United States Navy
New Order
Greater East Asia
Tokyo
Japan Times and Advertiser
Wich
Singapore
Pear Harbor
Emegeror Hitohitu
Diet
Kuniaki Keiso
America
Loyte
Vision for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park tourism
Robert L. Kincaid urges Mid Middlesboro Cumberland Gap Rose Hill and Tazewell to invest in roads housing and services to become a major travel mecca as 1940 visitor data and Norris Dam traffic show growing tourist interest. He predicts millions in yearly spending from Smokies Dam Area tours and Cumberland Gap access.
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TVA
Norris Dam
Big Ridge Park
Great Smokies
America
Highland
Middlesboro
Pineville
Middlesbor
Cumberland Gap
Rose Hill
Tazewell
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Smokies
East Tennessee
North Carolina
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Robert L. Kincaid
H Arundel
Citizens News CO
ENO
Postoffice
United Press
Rail
Srea
Kentucky
HOPE
Iserts
Hima
Rome
Torive
Robert Dune
Pala
Mars
Schine’s
Manring
Open Forum
Austin Redman
187Th
Armd
Ord
Mainz
New York
Iy Otto
D. Tolischus
Vank
Jima
Koiso
G. W. Shoffner Furniture CO
Specdy
Nerva
Dead Sea
Border
George O'Brien Reymond Hatton
Lynne Carver
Reirpubom
Eley Bos
Darian Gray
Ae Clors
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