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  1. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I finally found the numbers I was looking for. Hap Arnold placed the re-armament of the Philippines on their number one priority list. It was...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  2. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I should have said that there would have been 400 aircraft in the PI by March, 42, but as was further quoted: "Within a few months, this number...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 10, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  3. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    That's correct. The ship was diverted to Manila immediately following Pearl Harbor and the gun carriers, minus the guns, plus all of the other...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  4. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    "By March of 1942, the War Department planned to have 165 heavy bombers and 240 fighters based in the Philippines. The 7th Bombardment Group (H)...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  5. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    "In July 1941 the air force in the Philippines was still a token force, unable to withstand "even a mildly determined and ill-equipped foe."30 Air...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  6. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    Where the 57 Canadian bren gun carriers came from: dated December 19, 1941. Here are the contents of the letter: "Subject Canadian Boats in...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  7. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    More information: Added to this: Some additional information taken from the "Green Books." "The schedule of shipments finally established in...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  8. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I found this recently. "In a letter prepared on 5 December 1941 but never sent, General Marshall outlined for General MacArthur what had been and...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  9. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    MacArthur had been getting war warnings from Washington throughout much of 1941. The final warning in November was only one in a long string of...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 2, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  10. John Dudek
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    Yes or No Germans take Gibralter

    Not to mention the fact that the Spanish would lose their absolutely vital wheat and other grain and food shipments from the US. Franco was wise...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 1, 2009 in forum: What If - European Theater - Western Front & Atlan
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    Arleigh Burke:Command and Control in the Solomon Islands

    Burke was a genius in destroyer doctrine in the way that Admiral Willis Augustus Lee was with battleships.
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 1, 2009 in forum: Naval Warfare in the Pacific
  12. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    There were three improved fighter airstrips on the Bataan Penninsula. They were Maviveles, Cabcaben and Bataan airfields. At least one of them...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jul 1, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  13. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I'm still not convinced about Quezon. The two of them were at loggerheads before Pearl Harbor over the defense of the PI and Quezon seriously...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
  14. John Dudek
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    Just a funny little story...

    Robert Leckie tells of one such story whereby the marines in their foxholes are bombarded with obscene and somewhat humorous epethets. A thin,...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: War in the Pacific
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    Japanese officer's memoir of Bataan

    Excellent post! Thanks for sharing!
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: Land Warfare in the Pacific
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    If you had a choice of weapons...

    Agreed. 30.06 is a proven man killer cartridge. Give me an M-1 Garand. Like Patton said. "The greatest battfield rifle ever designed."
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: Weapons & Technology in WWII
  17. John Dudek
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    You are forgetting about President Quezon. Had MacArthur abandoned Luzon and fled immediately into Bataan at the start of war, Quezon would have...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    The only reason that any foodstuffs and supplies made it into Bataan in the levels that existed during the siege is because General Beebe took it...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 26, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I'm not saying that the end results of the campaign would have been any different, but the Americans did stand their ground at a number of places...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 25, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
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    What if MacArthur goes on the offensive in the PI?

    I can't imagine why US Army Air Corps machine guns would have any different calibers than their Army counterparts. IIRC, they only came in two...
    Post by: John Dudek, Jun 22, 2009 in forum: What If - Pacific and CBI
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