Expendable White Expendable White
A veteran-voiced excerpt from MTB Squadron 3 veterans recounts the Philippines campaign and the controversial, costly lessons learned. Officers Bulkeley and Kelly describe equipment shortages, bravery, and the American public's detachment as four officers share battles, logistics, and the squadron's doomed voyage.
Expendable Navy: Four Boats Hold Fast at Cavite
In Cavite near Manila Bay, Lt Bulkeley recalls Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron three facing Pearl Harbor and a looming war. The four boats, their crews, and supply runs craft a stubborn defense as they improvise shelter in a nipa hut village at Sisiman Cove while awaiting orders and fuel.
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Motor Torpedo Boat
Melville
Rhode Island
MTB Squadron 3
Philippines
Henry J. Brantingham
Australia
America
MacArthur
John Bulkeley
Bataan
Navy
Bulkeley
Robert Bolling Kelly
Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox Jr
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
Rockwell
Ray
Mariveles Harbor
Corregidor
Army and Navy Club
Zamboanga
Davao
Luzon
Aparri
Mariveles
Dutch East Indies
Sisiman Cove
Easter menu plans with ration friendly fricassee and lamb
Easter Essentials suggests adapting dinners to ration points with chicken fricassee served with rice or lamb shoulder with barbecue sauce. It offers orange greens salad, cornbread, and rhubarb upside down cake, plus lemon sponge cups, and simple table decorations using forsythia blooms and tulips. Lynn Chambers invites readers to submit household questions to her Chicago column.
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Lynn Chambers
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Chicago
Illinois
Wile Wenseanas Hanis
Lynn Says How to Save Ration Points
Guidance on substituting brown gravy for tomato products and using fresh fruits in place of canned or dried fruits. Recommends seasonal produce, storing vegetable water, and limiting dried fruits while using condiments sparingly.
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Whimsical Efficiency Expert Shuffles Store Departments
A department store hires an efficiency expert who constantly repositions sections. After three weeks, a visitor asks where the hardware department is and is told to watch as it moves by, highlighting the comic chaos of the reshuffling.
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