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Wake Atoll, May 28, 1943
(snip)Tomorrow promised the same on the forward outpost of America.
The grain of sand in Japan's eye.
Wake Atoll, May 28, 1943
(snip)Tomorrow promised the same on the forward outpost of America.
The grain of sand in Japan's eye.
Marivales, May 29, 1943
Relief was not here yet, but it was coming.
Now, where is the AmeriTim division heading, I wonder? BTW, last update needs a threadmark
Marivales, May 29, 1943
Relief was not here yet, but it was coming.
Probably medical supplies of some sortI wonder just what exactly was in those crates that was high enough priority to be air dropped. They must have needed them quickly.
I wonder just what exactly was in those crates that was high enough priority to be air dropped. They must have needed them quickly.
I think the Philippine rainy season normally starts in June, so would that make a difference on the type of supplies being dropped?
Mostly medical supplies, some critical spare parts for radars and artillery direction equipment including some wire. The ~30 bombers were dropping about 50 tons of supplies. This is also a propaganda mission to both the men within the siege camp that relief was coming ever closer AND to the Japanese that the camp was going to be held as the US could throw bombers at a tertiary mission when the Japanese could not even muster fighter opposition.I wonder just what exactly was in those crates that was high enough priority to be air dropped. They must have needed them quickly.
I think the Philippine rainy season normally starts in June, so would that make a difference on the type of supplies being dropped?
I would worry more about the Typhoon season. The Philippine Islands get hit quite frequently by small to extremely large typhoons all the time.
They're more common in the summer to the fall. But yeah, they can occur year round. Welp, that's what you pay meteorologists for. And even in 1943 what with planes flying patrols everywhere a typhoon can't sneak up on anybody.
Though they can still disrupt operations and damage things.