Good Morning & God Bless To Every One !
Today is March 11, the 70th day of 2014 and there are 295 days left this year where it is another Blessed Day in the pleasure of our service for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
See if this reminds you of any politicians you know today: Those who suppose themselves Great Men are capable of doing great harm.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
So, What Happened Today In 1942?
General MacArthur departs the Philippines
In World War II, after struggling against great odds to save the Philippines from Japanese conquest, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur abandons the island fortress of Corregidor under orders from President Franklin Roosevelt. Left behind at Corregidor and on the Bataan Peninsula were 90,000 American and Filipino troops, who, lacking food, supplies, and support, would soon succumb to the Japanese offensive.
After leaving Corregidor, MacArthur and his family traveled by boat 560 miles to the Philippine island of Mindanao, braving mines, rough seas, and the Japanese Navy. At the end of the hair-raising 35-hour journey, MacArthur told the boat commander, John D. Bulkeley, “You’ve taken me out of the jaws of death, and I won’t forget it.” On March 17, the general and his family boarded a B-17 Flying Fortress for Northern Australia. He then took another aircraft and a long train ride down to Melbourne. During this journey, he was informed that there were far fewer Allied troops in Australia than he had hoped. Relief of his forces trapped in the Philippines would not be forthcoming. Deeply disappointed, he issued a statement to the press in which he promised his men and the people of the Philippines, “I shall return.” The promise would become his mantra during the next two and a half years, and he would repeat it often in public appearances.
For his valiant defense of the Philippines, MacArthur was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and celebrated as “America’s First Soldier.” Put in command of Allied forces in the Southwestern Pacific, his first duty was conducting the defense of Australia. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, Bataan fell in April, and the 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers captured there were forced to undertake a death march in which at least 7,000 perished. Then, in May, Corregidor surrendered, and 15,000 more Americans and Filipinos were captured. The Philippines–MacArthur’s adopted home–were lost, and the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff had no immediate plans for their liberation.
After the U.S. victory at the Battle of Midway Island in June 1942, most Allied resources in the Pacific went to U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz, who as commander of the Pacific Fleet planned a more direct route to Japan than via the Philippines. Unperturbed, MacArthur launched a major offensive in New Guinea, winning a string of victories with his limited forces. By September 1944, he was poised to launch an invasion of the Philippines, but he needed the support of Nimitz’s Pacific Fleet. After a period of indecision about whether to invade the Philippines or Formosa, the Joint Chiefs put their support behind MacArthur’s plan, which logistically could be carried out sooner than a Formosa invasion.
On October 20, 1944, a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte. That day, he made a radio broadcast in which he declared, “People of the Philippines, I have returned!” In January 1945, his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon. In February, Japanese forces at Bataan were cut off, and Corregidor was captured. Manila, the Philippine capital, fell in March, and in June MacArthur announced his offensive operations on Luzon to be at an end; although scattered Japanese resistance continued until the end of the war in August. Only one-third of the men MacArthur left behind on March 11, 1942, survived to see his return. “I’m a little late,” he told them, “but we finally came.”
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On March 11 In History:
1425BC – Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty);
1665 – NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights;
1702 – The first English daily newspaper, the “Daily Courant” is published;
1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation;
1779 – During the American Revolutionary War, Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental and structural facilities for the U.S. Army. Made up of civilian workers, members of the Continental Army and French officers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played an essential role in the critical Revolutionary War battles at Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Yorktown;
1824 – The U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Seneca Indian Ely Parker becomes the first Indian to lead the Bureau;
1861 – In the American Civil War, in Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas adopt the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. Although Britain and France both briefly considered entering the war on the side of the South, the Confederate States of America, which survived until April 1865, never won foreign recognition as an independent government;
1862 – During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issues War Order No. 3, a measure making several changes at the top of the Union Army command structure. Lincoln created three departments, placing Henry Halleck in charge of the West, John C. Fremont in command of troops in the Appalachian region, and George McClellan in charge in the East. The most significant change in the order removed McClellan from his post as general-in-chief of all Union armies, though he retained command of the Army of the Potomac, the most important Union force. For a time, there was no general-in-chief, and the three regional commanders reported to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The post did not stay empty for long, though, as Halleck was elevated to general-in-chief five months later;
1863 – During the American Civil War, Union troops under General Ulysess S. Grant give up their preparations to take Vicksburg after failing to pass Fort Pemberton, north of Vicksburg;
1865 – In the American Civil War, Union General William Sherman and his forces occupy Fayetteville, North Carolina;
1888 – One of the worst blizzards in American history strikes the Northeast, killing more than 400 people and dumping as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas. New York City ground to a near halt in the face of massive snow drifts and powerful winds from the storm. At the time, approximately one in every four Americans lived in the area between Washington D.C. and Maine, the area affected by the Great Blizzard of 1888;
1918 – Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia;
1918 – In World War I, just before breakfast on the morning of March 11, Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reports to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, complaining of the cold-like symptoms of sore throat, fever and headache. By noon, over 100 of his fellow soldiers had reported similar symptoms, marking what are believed to be the first cases in the historic influenza epidemic of 1918. The flu would eventually kill 675,000 Americans and more than 20 million people (some believe the total may be closer to 40 million) around the world, proving to be a far deadlier force than even the First World War;
1930 – President Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia;
1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes the Lend-Lease Act which authorizes the act of giving war supplies to the Allies;
1942 – In World War II, the first deportation train leaves Paris for Auschwitz Concentration Camp;
1954 – The U.S. Army charged that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., and his subcommittee’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, had exerted pressure to obtain favored treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former consultant to the subcommittee. (The confrontation culminated in the famous Senate Army-McCarthy hearings.);
1965 – In the Vietnam War, the American navy begins inspecting Vietnamese junks in hopes of ending arms smuggling to the South;
1967 – In the Vietnam War, U.S. 1st Infantry Division troops engage in one of the heaviest battles of Operation Junction City. The fierce fighting resulted in 210 reported North Vietnamese casualties. Operation Junction City was an effort to smash the communist stronghold in Tay Ninh Province and surrounding areas along the Cambodian border northwest of Saigon. The purpose of the operation was to drive the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops away from populated areas and into the open, where superior American firepower could be more effectively used. Junction City was the largest operation of the war to date, involving more than 25,000 troops. There were 2,728 enemy casualties by the end of the operation on March 17;
1969 – Levi-Strauss starts to sell bell-bottomed jeans;
1977 – More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C. by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations;
1985 – During the (first) Cold War, capping his rapid rise through the Communist Party hierarchy, Mikhail Gorbachev is selected as the new general secretary and leader of the Soviet Union, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko the day before. Gorbachev oversaw a radical transformation of Soviet society and foreign policy during the next six years;
1986 – NFL adopts instant replay rule;
1990 – As the (first) Cold War drew to an end, Lithuania proclaims its independence from the USSR, the first Soviet republic to do so. The Soviet government responded by imposing an oil embargo and economic blockade against the Baltic republic, and later sent troops. In January 1991, Soviet paratroopers and tanks had invaded Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, beginning a standoff that lasted until September 6, 1991, when the crumbling Soviet Union agreed to grant independence to Lithuania and the other Baltic republics of Estonia and Latvia;
2004 – Ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants;
2009 – Despite having the strictest gun control legislation in the world, a teenager, Tim Kretschmer, went on a shooting rampage starting at a school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 15 people before committing suicide;
2009 – The Toyota Motor Company announces that it has sold over 1 million gas-electric hybrid vehicles in the U.S. under its six Toyota and Lexus brands. The sales were led by the Prius, the world’s first mass-market hybrid car, which was launched in Japan in October 1997 and introduced in America in July 2000;
2011 – A magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station;
2012 – Russians stage protests in response to last week’s election of Vladimir Putin as President for a third term;
2013 – It was one year ago Today!
Now, Off To The Fun Stuff!!!
Today’s Did You Know:
Today’s Thought For The Day:
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t been in bed with a mosquito!
Today’s Founders Quote:
“What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.”
– John Dickinson, Letters of Fabius, 1788
Today’s I’m As Cute Now As I Was Then:
Today’s It’s Just An Observation:
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have . . . I speak in reverence of our brave and selfless veterans.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
Today’s Quote:
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
– Maya Angelou
Today’s Just Too Cute Picture:
Today’s Word For The Day:
Contemporaneous (con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous) adj. Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time: “The contemporaneouscourt cases for the two defendants.”
Today’s Trivia:
There are three words in the English language with two “u’s” in consecutive order: vacuum, residuum, and continuum.
Today’s Try Not To Smile Picture:
Today’s Funny Animal Video:
Cooper, Daisy & The Ice Cream Cone – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tHvExOg4NI0
Today’s We Should Never Forget Music Video:
We Were Soldiers – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BB2Ad04mukI
Today’s Impeccable Timing Picture:
Today’s Clever Word For Clever People:
BURGLARIZE: What a crook sees with!
Today’s Crazy Law:
In Idaho – You may not fish on a camel’s back.
Today’s Awe Of God Picture:
Today’s Motivator:
Remind yourself of what a truly great opportunity you have with the dawning of every single day. You have the miraculous gift of GOD – Life, with its limitless possibilities, so live it with purpose, courage, richness and joy.
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
In The Arms Of An Angel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2UG5YoHcCAY
Today’s Verse & Prayer:
The Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
– Deuteronomy 7:9
God, thank you for loving me so sacrificially and steadfastly. Thank you for the way you preserved your promises to the Israelites and brought Jesus just as you promised. I trust your promise to send him back to bring me home to you. Please receive the deeds and words of this day as my thanks to you for your covenant of love with me and those I love. In the name of Jesus, your gift of love, I pray. Amen
Today’s Funny Church Sign:
Until Tomorrow – America, Bless God!!!