–THE INDIAN WARS–
WARS WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICAN INDIANS RANGED
FROM 1500 TO 1890.
MORE THAN 40 WARS FROM
1775 TO 1890 CLAIMED THE
LIVES OF 45,000 INDIANS
AND 19,000 WHITE SETTLERS
AND SOLDIERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF
THE VICTIMS WERE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY:
THE “DEATH RAILWAY” WAS
BUILT IN 1943 UTILIZING
68,000 ALLIED POWS AND
200,000 ASIAN LABORERS.
THE RAILWAY WAS 257 MILES
LONG, AND 18,000 ALLIED
POWS DIED ALONG WITH
78,000 ASIAN LABORERS
DURING THE 16 MONTH
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH:
ON APRIL 9, 1942 APPROX.
75,000 U.S. AND FILIPINO
SOLDIERS SURRENDERED TO
THE JAPANESE ARMY. THE
PRISONERS WERE FORCED TO
MARCH 60 MILES WITHOUT
FOOD OR WATER. DURING
THE MARCH, AS MANY AS
16,000 PRISONERS DIED
OF EXHAUSTION, ILLNESS,
AND/OR DEHYDRATION.
THE JAPANESE “KAMIKAZES”:
JAPANESE KAMIKAZES WERE
VOLUNTEERS WHO PILOTED
BOMBS OR TNT IN PLANES IN
THE 82 DAY ASSAULT ON
US SHIPS AND PERSONNEL.
THE KAMIKAZES SUNK 34
AMERICAN SHIPS, DAMAGED
288 SHIPS, AND KILLED
ABOUT 2,000 NAVY MEN.
JAPAN LOST 2,000 TO 3,000
PLANES AND PILOTS.
PRODUCTION RECORD:
296,429 AIRPLANES,
102,351 ARMORED TANKS,
372,431 ARTILLERY PIECES,
47MILLION TONS AMMUNITION
87,620 WARSHIPS,
AND 44 BILLION ROUNDS OF
SMALL-ARMS AMMUNITION.
THE “MIRACLE” WOULD NOT
HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT
“ROSIE THE RIVETER”.
DURING WORLD WAR II, THE
NUMBER OF EMPLOYED WOMEN
INCREASED FROM 12,000,000
TO 18,200,000. THEY WERE
COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
“ROSIE THE RIVETER” AND
HELPED GREATLY WITH THE
PRODUCTION OF EQUIPMENT,
VEHICLES,AIRCRAFT,SHIPS,
MUNITIONS, AND OTHER
ITEMS TO SUPPORT THE
TROOPS OVERSEAS.
DURING WORLD WAR II, MORE
THAN 6,000,000 WOMEN
JOINED THE WORKFORCE.
WOMEN WERE WELDERS,
ELECTRICIANS, MECHANICS,
AND PERFORMED MANY OTHER
SKILLS IN THE SHIPYARDS,
STEEL MILLS, LUMBER MILLS
AND FOUNDRIES. THEY
OPERATED ALL KINDS OF
EQUIPMENT AND CONTRIBUTED
GREATLY TO THE WAR EFFORT
MAJOR BATTLES IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC, WWII:
MIDWAY-ALEUTIAN ISLANDS-
GUADALCANAL-SOLOMON
ISLANDS-GILBERT &
MARSHALL ISLANDS-
MARIANAS & PALAU ISLANDS-
VOLCANO & RYUKYU ISLANDS.
ATOMIC BOMBS AT
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
CASUALTIES IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC ISLANDS, WWII:
US KIA JAPAN
MIDWAY 307 3,057
ALEUTIANS 1,481 2,351
GUADALCANAL 7,099 29,343
SOLOMONS 10,973 83,301
GILBERT & MARSHALL ISLAND
2,014 16,325
MARIANAS & PALAU ISLANDS
9,411 62,043
RYUKYU ISL.20,751 90,403
CASUALTIES IN THE
SOLOMON ISLANDS, WWII:
US KIA JAPAN
GUADALCANAL 7,099 29,343
NEW GEORGIA 1,195 1,671
KULA GULF 168 324
KOLOMBANGARA 89 482
VELLA LAVELLA 214 338
TREASURY ISL. 62 205
BOUGAINVIL. 1,243 44,000
ARAWE 118 310
BIAK 474 6,100
CASUALTIES IN THE GILBERT
& MARSHALL ISLANDS, WWII:
US KIA JAPAN
TARAWA 1,001 4,713
MAKIN RAID 211 160
MAKIN 66 700
KWALAJALEIN 372 7,870
TRUK ISLAND 40 ?
TREASURY ISL. 62 205
ENIWETOK 262 2,677
