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	<title>Silk Roads and Siamese Smiles &#187; World War II</title>
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		<title>World War II:  Scenes from the War in the Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Imperial Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of these are fairly gruesome.  I&#8217;m pretty sure one is the Luzon landing.  Some are from the battles in the Philippines.  I think some of it is from mainland Japan. These are the last of the pics from Grandpa Les. Tagged: Imperial Japan, Japan, Philippines, War in the Pacific, World War II<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2477&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World War II &#8212; Nimitz and the USS Missouri</title>
		<link>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/16/world-war-ii-nimitz-and-the-uss-missouri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Admirial Nimitz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emporer Hirohito]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admiral Nimitz on the USS Missouri signing the Peace Treaty with Imperial Japans Emperor. These are more of the pictures from my Grandfathers collection. Some of these I remember seeing in LIFE magazine as a child.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2352&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World War II:  The Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/15/world-war-ii-the-soldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1st Cavalry Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are photos of my Grandfather and his fellow soldiers in the Pacific Theatre. Grandpa Les was fond of telling us that he served under MacArthur during the war. He was part of the post-War occupation force which entered Japan after the peace was signed. I&#8217;m not certain how long he stayed on after the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2423&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World War II:  People of Asia</title>
		<link>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/14/world-war-ii-people-of-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/14/world-war-ii-people-of-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War II]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are just a few photos of women (Japanese and Filipina) and some native Islanders in what I believe to be the Philippines.  My Grandmother used to call these Grandpas WWII girlfriends.  One of the photos has the name of the girl written on the back.  So Grandpa Les must have known her in some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2475&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World War II:  Raising the Flag on Mt. Suribachi</title>
		<link>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/12/world-war-ii-raising-the-flag-on-mt-suribachi/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/12/world-war-ii-raising-the-flag-on-mt-suribachi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernie Pyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iwo Jima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Suribachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War II]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.&#8221; James Forrestal &#8211; Secretary of the Navy &#8211; 23rd February 1945&#8243; Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.&#8221; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz &#8211; 16th March 1945 Unfortunately, someone somewhere down the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2427&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World War II:  The Bomb</title>
		<link>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/11/world-war-ii-the-bomb/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com/2008/09/11/world-war-ii-the-bomb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawood Khan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atomic Bomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernie Pyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagasaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War II]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My Grandfather brought these photographs home from the war.  I am told that he was friends with Ernie Pyle.  The famous World War II journalist. Grandma had the photo album hidden away in her house. She was afraid that something might happen to them. I think they are a treasure and should be shared.  Fortunately, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com&amp;blog=2384303&amp;post=2343&amp;subd=hereticdhammasangha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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