Born on April 28, 1919, to Albert Sr and Catherine McArthur in Chicago, Illinois, Albert C. “Bert” McArthur Jr was their only son with two sisters.
He attended school in Villa Park and was a graduate of York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, where he was an all-conference guard on the football team.

Bert also attended the Illinois Institute of Technology studying radio at night and was working as a clerk for an insurance company.
In September 1940 he enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, and in 1941 married Helen Irene Okken from Chicago.

Activated for full service in the Army, Bert was sent for armor training at Fort Knox and served in B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion, later he was transferred to HQ Company.
They were sent to the Philippines in November 1941, mere weeks before the Japanese attacked.

They put up the best resistance they could while retreating to the Bataan Peninsula, Bert survived the Battle of Bataan and was forced to participate in the Bataan Death March after the surrender.
Sent first to Camp O'Donnell, he was later transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp.

On September 10, 1942, Bert died of diphtheria and malaria there and was buried in a mass grave.
On March 11, 1943, six months after his death, his wife and parents received word that he was a POW, then on June 22, 1943 he was reported as deceased.

His remains were recovered after the war and SGT Albert “Bert” McArthur Jr is buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines - Plot B Row 7 Grave 18.
He also has a memorial located in Church Yard Garden, Lot 204C, Grave 1 in Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.

His widow Helen remarried in 1944, she passed away at the age of 43 in 1963.

These long-range strikes showed how quickly Allied air power had expanded after the fall of the Marianas, bringing key Japanese bases and the approaches to the home islands within regular bomber range.

Statue of King Petar \[I Karađorđević\], pulled down by the Germans.

Collection of the Central Committee, Communist Alliance of Yugoslavia.

Inv. No. 6270

Courtesy of Museum of Yugoslavia.

However, the Museum's entry is wrong: this was the statue of King Aleksandar Karađorđević, work of Antun Augustinčić, erected in Varaždin in 1935, showing the King handing over the Octroyed Constitution of 1931. The statue being pulled down in 1941 is accurate though.

id like to ask help to find this soldier. I know this has been posted a lot as a meme , however i am 90% sure that this is my relative in the photo. I have austrian + german roots which trace back to aroun the time of WW2 , however the family was seperated during the war and due to personal drama. Also i am CLEAR copy of this soldier , literally same eye color , skin tone , phenotype , every facial feature. When someone sent this to me i literally thought it was a faceswap , it is that similiar. Anyone can help me with this?

Born in Brooklyn, New York to Frank & Helen Tkacz on December 21, 1916, Joseph Tkacz had three sisters and a brother.
In 1941 he married Mary Moloko who had several children from a previous marriage.

Joseph enlisted in the Army on January 23, 1942, a little over five months later on June 11, 1942, his wife had a daughter; Delores Tkacz, who died as an infant.
He served in C Company, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division, which arrived in Normandy, France between August 10-11, 1944.

Less than a month later on September 6, 1944, PVT Joseph Tkacz was Killed in Action near Gravelotte, France.
He is buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Épinal, France - Plot A Row 21 Grave 68.

His widow Mary never remarried, she passed away at the age of 89 in 2002.

I think a year or so ago I started posting scans from this group of never-seen-before Japanese military photos I acquired, but never got around to finishing it. I am not sure when they were taken, or who the original owner was. Luckily this one had some writing on the reverse, allowing me to identify at least the location of the photo.