To: Homer_J_Simpson
Interesting story about John McCain’s father earning the DSM.
So what was the name of the carrier that was sunk?
To: Alas Babylon!
Wasp?
7 posted on
11/01/2012 4:36:09 AM PDT by
Dilbert56
To: Alas Babylon!; Dilbert56
Interesting story about John McCains father earning the DSM.I believe that is the Senator's grandpa.
So what was the name of the carrier that was sunk?
The Hornet - the ship that took Jimmy Doolittle's B-25's to Japan. (Wasp was lost in September.)
8 posted on
11/01/2012 4:44:11 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Alas Babylon!
9 posted on
11/01/2012 4:46:42 AM PDT by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Admiral McCain and his son John S. McCain, Jr., father of Sen. McCain
Admirals Halsey and McCain at the Japanese surrender September 2, 1945. Admiral McCain would die 4 days later.
11 posted on
11/01/2012 7:56:50 AM PDT by
iowamark
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