Instructor: Pete Murphy was born in Port Chester, NY, in November 1945. Graduated from Boston College in 1967. Enlisted in the USAF in 1967 as an Avionics Tech on the F106 Delta Dart. He was discharged in 1971 as SSgt. He subsequently worked with Bechtel Power Corp for 46 yrs. as a Construction Field Engineer, retiring as a Senior Supervising Field Engr. after 46 years in 2021. He worked on 13 major Nuclear and Fossil Power, Infrastructure and Decommissioning Projects. Description: Planning for the War with Japan began well before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The Japanese expansion and aggression in the Western Pacific were foreseeable early on. In response, America began developing “War Plan Orange” in the 1920s and 1930s to meet the foreseeable, if not inevitable, conflict. The subsequent detailed strategic plans set the groundwork for the ultimate defeat of the Japanese Empire in August 1945. The genius and the caliber of the American Political, Military, Scientific, Industrial and Civilian leadership that rose to meet and defeat the aggressive Imperial Japanese challenge were truly remarkable.