BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:235@tualatinvfwaux.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121112T150000 DTSTAMP:20121111T091224Z URL:https://tualatinvfwaux.org/events/world-war-ii-documentary-jungleers/ SUMMARY:World War II Documentary - Jungleers - Tualatin Heritage Center - 1 2 Nov 12 14:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\n“This is one of the oldest and proudest divisions.   Its achievements have been of the first order. \n\n I have the great est affection for and pride in the 41st Division.”\n\n     Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â                      Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â                      Â Â  General Douglas Macarthur\, June 15\, 1945\n\n \n\nTualatin Heritage Center Offers Veterans Day Documentary\n\nOn Oregon-Based 41st In fantry Division in World War II\n\n \;\n\nOur well-known Sunset Highwa y\, traveled daily by thousands\, carries that name in honor of a famous N ational Guard division that has its roots in Oregon.  A documentary fea turing oral histories of 41st Infantry troops from Oregon in World War II will be shown on Veterans Day weekend\, Monday\, November 12 at Tualatin H eritage Center.   Times are 2 and 7 p.m.  The new release is spon sored by the Tualatin VFW Men’s Auxiliary and Tualatin Historical S ociety.  A $10 suggested donation will help support veteran families an d distribution of the DVD to Oregon schools.  Veterans of the 41st Divi sion have been invited to answer questions.\n\nAfter the United States ent ered the war in December 1941\, the 41st Division conducted coastal defens e duty from the Canadian border south into Oregon. In early 1942\, the div ision\, now the 41st Infantry Division\, sailed for Australia as one of th e first U.S. Army divisions sent overseas. Australians welcomed the 41st\; most of Australia's troops were in Europe and the Middle East\, and Japan was threatrening from the north.\n\nTitled “Jungleers in Battleâ € the documentary focuses particularly on the men’s involvement in the Pacific.  The 41st Division completed jungle and amphibious tra ining in Australia before heading into the combat zone at Papua\, New Guin ea\, in December 1942. In April 1944\, the division made amphibious landin gs at Hollandia and Aitape\, where resistance was minor. It was part of th e U.S. military's "island-hopping" campaign\, attacking or bypassing Japan ese-occupied areas as it pressed west and north across the South Pacific. \n\nThe division's bloodiest engagement was on the island of Biak\, off Ne w Guinea's coast. Oregon's 162nd and 186th regiments defeated over ten tho usand well-entrenched and well-led Japanese forces. The campaign extended from May through August 1944\, and the 41st earned a new title\, "The Jung leers."\n\nIn February and March 1945\, the 41st Division landed at Zamboa nga and Palawan in the southern Philippines. In August\, the soldiers were preparing for the invasion of Japan when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrendered. The division perform ed occupation duty in the Kure-Hiroshima area of Japan until December 31\, 1945.\n\nIn 1946\, the 41st reorganized as the Pacific Northwest's Army N ational Guard division. In the 1960s\, it was given a national defense mis sion of protecting Alaska\, and the troops trained in northern operations. When the division was deactivated in 1968\, its heritage and insignia pas sed on to the 41st Infantry Brigade of the Oregon Army National Guard whic h continues today based at Camp Wythecomb.\n\nThe shoulder-sleeve insignia of the 41st is a red half-disk with a yellow setting sun over a blue base line representing the Pacific Ocean. It is the basis for the name "Sunset Division." On January 17\, 1946\, U.S. Highway 26\, from Portland to Seasi de\, was named the Sunset Highway in the division's honor.\n\nThe 2012 doc umentary was coordinated by Alisha Hamel.  Videography and production w as handled by Portland firms.  Copies are available for $20 at www.hist oricaloutreach.com      .\n\n LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Seek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97 062\, United States GEO:45.3840077;-122.76398510000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=8700 SW Seek Drive\, Tualat in\, OR\, 97062\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Tualatin Herita ge Center:geo:45.3840077,-122.76398510000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20121104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR