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April 18, 2014
Good Friday, April 3, 1942, there was a massive air assault taking place in the Philippines.
Good Friday, April 11, 1941, United States Army T/Sgt. Jacob Johler was at Fort Mills, Corregidor. Correspondence home to Buffalo, New York indicates that he attended church services outdoors on Easter Sunday which was on April 13th, 1941 and that there were plans to build a new chapel on the island. In additional correspondence Jacob discusses his enjoyment singing in the chapel choir, even though he is teased by some of the men.
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Remembering Bataan and Corregidor (Image credit, Dorothy Johler)
To all our military, past and present.
Thank you and God Bless you!
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March, 1942-Pacific War Activity
March 4, 1942 – Two Japanese flying boats bomb Pearl Harbor; ENTERPRISE attacks Marcus Island, just 1000 miles from Japan.
March 7, 1942 – British evacuate Rangoon in Burma; Japanese invade Salamaua and Lae on New Guinea. March 8, 1942 – The Dutch on Java surrender to Japanese.
March 11, 1942 – Gen. MacArthur leaves Corregidor and is flown to Australia. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright becomes the new U.S. commander.
March 18, 1942 – Gen. MacArthur appointed commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater by President Roosevelt.
March 18, 1942 – War Relocation Authority established in the U.S. which eventually will round up 120,000 Japanese-Americans and transport them to barb-wired relocation centers. Despite the internment, over 17,000 Japanese-Americans sign up and fight for the U.S. in World War II in Europe, including the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. history.
March 23, 1942 – Japanese invade the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
March 24, 1942 – Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Navy.
Pacific theater . http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm
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Fort Mills, Corregidor in the Philippines, August 24, 1941, Page one of two
Jacob Johler discusses a soldier who killed himself.
Johlerpow and Zale et al. 
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on November 26, 2015