TIMELINE 1943 Jan 2 Allies take Buna, New Guinea. Feb 1 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal. Feb 9 Japanese resistance ends on Guadalcanal. Apr 18 US code-breakers locate Admiral Apr. 22 Japanese execute Doolittle Raiders. May 14 Japanese sink Australian hospital ship Jun 1 US begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping. Jun 19 Herman is inducted into the Army at Indiantown Gap, Unit A Pennsylvania. Jun 23 Letter to brother, Izzy Yamamoto on a Japanese bomber and 18 P-38 fighters shoot it down.
Aug 7 US invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands - 40,000 US casualties. Aug 8 In a night attack north of Guadalcanal, Japanese destroy 3 US heavy cruisers, an Australian cruiser, and a US destroyer in less than an hour! 1,500 crewmen lost. Aug 17 122 US Marines are inserted via submarine to attack the Makin Atoll. Aug 21 US repulses an attack on Guadalcanal. Sept 12-14 Guadalcanal - Battle of the blood ridge. Sept 15 Japanese submarine sinks Carrier Wasp, destroyer O’Brian, and damages battleship North Carolina. Oct 14/15 Japanese bomb Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, and then launch a raid, sending troops on shore. Oct 26 US loses aircraft carrier Hornet. Nov 14 US Cruiser Juneau is sunk. Dec 2 Enrico Fermi conducts world’s first nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago. Dec 12 Liquidation of Lutsk by Nazi-occupied Poland. The death of Benzy Shuster, Benzy’s wife and kids, and an unknown number of relatives. Dec 31 Emperor Hirohito gives permission to have his troops withdraw from Guadalcanal.
Jun 26 Mail from brother Harry Jun 26 The Phone bill - Homesick Jul Jul 14 Letter to brother, Izzy Jul 15 Mail from brother Izzy Jul 15 Mail from brother Harry Jul 20 Mail from brother Harry Jul 29 Mail from brother Harry Jul 29 Letter to brother, Izzy Aug 1-2 PT Boats attempt to block
Herman basic training at Camp Grant, Chicago.
a Japanese convoy in the Solomon Islands. Lt. John F. Kennedy’s PT 109 is rammed and sunk. Kennedy survives and carries an injured crewman to safety on the shore. Aug 3 Letter to brother, Izzy Aug 25 Allies recapture New Georgia. Aug 31 Letter to brother, Izzy Sep 4 Allies capture Lae-Solomon, New Guinea Sep 5 Letter to brother Izzy Sep 9 Mail from brother Harry Sep 11 Mail from brother Izzy Sep 12 Letter to brother Izzy Oct 7 Japanese execute 100 US POWs on Wake Island Oct Herman gets a six-day pass and heads home (iconic photos) Oct 26 Emperor Hirohito states his country is in a “Grave state” Nov Herman moves into an empty Japanese American Internment Camp in California
Herman Shooster (18) High School Photo 1942
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