NOUS Companion Rick Sperry

1942 found Australia vulnerable to Japanese Invasion and blockade. The Australian Army was already deployed to New Guinea while the Japanese tightened their grip around “The Land Down Under”. So how did the Allies break that stranglehold?

Veteran Naval Officer Richard Sperry founded the website History 500 where he curates and produces the best, most engaging works of American and related world history. He also teaches courses online on topics like:

            World War II in the Pacific (6 classes)

            War of 1812 (4 classes)

            The Korean War (4 classes)

Mr. Sperry has made a special, generous, promotional offer to members of our Commandery to access his site and content. His next course, World War II in the Pacific: Japan’s Fateful Gamble (6 parts) starts on Monday, 21 September. Please click here for details. There are fees for the courses, but he’s waived the lifetime membership fee to members of our Commandery.

If you know anyone with an interest in how the Allies kept the Lifeline to Australia open in 1942, please share this event. We'd love to have them join us for our monthly Commandery ZOOM Meeting. (Instructions sent to companions on 8 September).

** Gather an hour before our Commandery Meeting and chat in the ZOOM application in an unformatted, unmoderated manner. You can join us so we can see your face and engage in light conversation (or just listen, nod, and smile). So, from 11a to 12 noon our Chat room will in Happy Hour mode! **

History 500, LLC was founded in 2012 by Haverford, PA President & CEO Richard S. Sperry, Yale '68, B.A. Am. History, Asian Studies, Naval R.O.T.C., U.S. Navy (Vietnam), MBA (BU) and is supported by an Advisory Board of 18 contributing members covering each key major historical era.