We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:53:15 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification In May 1942 New Zealand was invaded. It was of little strategic value to fight this far from the American mainland and it can be argued that it was in fact counter to the US war effort to expend resources when they were fighting a war they were not winning. Two things saved New Zealand froma real invasion. A handful of Australian territorials on the Kakoda Trail and the US Navy getting into a fight in the Coral Sea they had little real expectation of winning. Although it uasually assumed that the Japanese had intended to invade Australia next their... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html Mon, 26 May 2008 15:25:57 -0600 Semper Fi, Murray... Old Marines have passed down the tales of favored stations, training areas, and liberty ports. Haiti, Shanghi, Paris (WW1), Australia, New Zealand, and others... Of these host Nations, the peoples Down Under, the Aussies and the Kiwis remain strong allies, scrappy in a fight, remembered for their hospitality, and secure on that list of folks we Marines would Stand The Line with in a heartbeat. Don't even need to think about it. Thank you for remembering us. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html#comment-73451 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html#comment-73451 Tue, 27 May 2008 08:36:45 -0600 You're welcome, Murray. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html#comment-73438 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/memorial_day_fr.html#comment-73438 Mon, 26 May 2008 16:13:51 -0600