On This Day... |
 1942The 90,000 to 100,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Bataan begin a 60 mile march under the hot sun from Mariveles to San Fernando and Capas in the Philippines, with little food or water. This was to become known as the Bataan Death March because somewhere between 10 - 25% of the POWs died during the forced march - it was later accounted as a Japanese war crime. April 9 is now known as Araw ng Kagitingan ("Day of Valor"), and is a national holiday in the Philippines. [Bataan death march] 1944Antisubmarine task group 21.12, led by USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), made 2 U-Boat kills. Both submarines were destroyed North of Madeira, Portugal on the surface; U-515 was forced to surface with depth charges and then destroyed after survivors were picked up by rockets and gunfire (16 dead and 44 survivors), and U-68 was caught cruising the surface in the moonlight and was sunk by aircraft (56 dead and 1 survivor - a lookout caught on-deck when the U-boat crash dived). [U 68 at sea] |
ET Server Closing |
 The server will be closing in the next few days, and I wanted to thank everyone who stopped by the server. While I can't say that there wasn't some disappointment with the turnout, the fact that we did have Bucketeers show up was appreciated by the people that put this together.It was great to see some old names and to play a game that we all enjoyed. The server may be shutting down, but the community isn't dead, so please don't hesitate to post on the messageboard and to join the Chicken Bucket Steam Group to catch up with and see what games everyone else has been playing. Thanks!  |
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