Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Grinnell College, he met, ardently wooed and won another young social worker named Ethel Gross. They had four children. One died in infancy. The others, all sons, entered the Army, Navy & Marines when war came. Pfc. Stephen Hopkins of the Marines was killed in action last February on Namu Island. Lieut. David Hopkins of the Navy is in the South Pacific, and Sergeant Robert Hopkins is in Europe...
...dreams three years ago. They were tough and junglewise. They were backed by fleets and air forces which dwarfed those of the enemy. They knew that in reserve were other corps to keep the drive rolling in high. General MacArthur was on his way to Manila. To secure the island of Luzon, he had four and a half months of dry weather, which should be enough...
...think he was going to Vigan. But in the night he turned back. The sea approaches to Lingayen Gulf had been scantily mined. With little difficulty, his ships reached their bombardment runs and opened fire with everything from 5-inch to 16-inch guns. Jap shore batteries on Santiago Island answered briefly and were soon put out of action. Jap aircraft attacked, again for three hours...
There was evidence that the top Japanese command was bent upon prolonging the war at any cost. Their dispositions on Luzon fitted such an intention: of an estimated nine divisions on the island, three were reported in the extreme south, three in the extreme north, and the balance in central reserve near Manila. This was a disposition designed to permit maximum resistance wherever General MacArthur might land-and obviously with no plan of evacuation in mind...
Those interested may gain further information by writing to Lieutenant Massack, U. S. Employment Office, 112 Union Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Lieutenant F. V. Brow, who is associated with Lieutenant Massack, will be at the Student Employment Office, Weld 28, from 1 to 4 o'clock on Thursday, February 1, to interview applicants. Those desiring interviews should make a definite appointment at the Employment Office before February...