Posted on 04/01/2016 5:14:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
They skipped college, and look what happened to them — they wound up stuck in world war II. /s
Yup! That’s the picture I have!
Imagine being 16 below deck with water coming in...
Thanks for posting.
“The Himalayas.”
Ok that’s what I thought. My ex-wife’s grandfather was a Flying Tiger, so I sort of recognized that.
He gave my son his flag, with all kinds of emblems sown in.
“Great book called “The Franklin comes home” IIRC”
Haven’t read that, I’ll try it. I read “Lucky Lady”.
Rear Admiral Willis Lee, commanding the USS Washington and Task Force 64, was a distant relative of Robert E Lee.
“Technically the US Navy didn’t sink any Japaneses AC Carriers during the battle of midway of midway. They were scuttled by the IJN.”
Are you Navy/ex-Navy? You are well-versed on all this stuff.
I know that Paul Allen (co-founded Microsoft) recently found the “Musashi” which the Franklin sunk, but I think that was Philippines.
What in the story was good?
Bigggggg mountain range!
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