South Portland, Maine • May 6, 1943 On this date the New England Shipbuilding Corporation laid down the keel of SS Jeremiah O’Brien. Named after a Scots-Irish Revolutionary War hero from Maine (then part of Massachusetts), the SS Jeremiah O’Brien was one of 2,710 emergency cargo (EC)‑class freighters built in 18 different shipyards across the United States. The…
Manila, Occupied Philippines • May 6, 1942 On Monday, December 8, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the Philippines, a largely self-governing U.S. possession, formally known as the Commonwealth of the Philippines. (December 8, Manila and Japanese time, was Sunday, December 7, east of the International Date Line, the day Japanese carrier-based planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a…
Manila, Occupied Philippines · May 6, 1942 On December 8, 1941, Japanese forces invaded the Philippines, a largely self-governing U.S. possession. (December 8, Manila and Japanese time, was the same date Japanese carrier-based planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a set of interlocked assaults on U.S. military assets in the Pacific region.) The combined U.S.-Filipino…