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Midway: Second World War II-era Japanese carrier apparently found in Pacific (Akagi or Soryu)
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| 10/19/2019
| Bradford Betz
Posted on 10/20/2019 9:39:51 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Equine1952
I paid no attention when I was in.
Nor did I...had a pretty easy four year tour. After reading Neptunes
Inferno and Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors I gained the respect for
the Navy that I never had as an active duty Marine. I even can sorta respect
Fletcher's decision to abandon First MARDIV on Guadalcanal...our sailors
got pounded off of Savo Island and preserving the carriers was everything.
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posted on
10/21/2019 5:57:11 AM PDT
by
major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
To: mowowie
I don’t think he has made it yet.
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posted on
10/21/2019 6:40:39 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: OKSooner
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posted on
10/21/2019 6:50:31 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Free Beer Tomorrow)
To: Equine1952
Ordinary men did extraordinary things in WW2. My grandfather was a farm boy from Maine. Joined the Navy in ‘42 because my great grandfather was a Doughboy and didn’t want his son in the trenches. He served on one Tin Can the whole war. Sailed the Pacific from the Aleutians to Australia and most everywhere in between. His big battle was Philippine Sea.
When I was a kid he was always setting off metal detectors at the airport from some shrapnel in his leg from a bad gunnery accident that killed a bunch of his shipmates. RIP.
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posted on
10/21/2019 7:01:10 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: doorgunner69
Don’t you mean “Shattered Sword?”
To: Signalman
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posted on
10/21/2019 8:20:34 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: Signalman
Could someone supply a translation of “Akagi” and
“Soryu”? Thanks.
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posted on
10/21/2019 9:26:13 AM PDT
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once..)
To: bruin66
“Akagi” translates as “Red Castle” “Soryu” translates as “Blue/Green Dragon”.
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posted on
10/21/2019 9:37:53 AM PDT
by
Coronal
To: major_gaff
Was that Fletcher, or Admiral Ghormley’s call?
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posted on
10/21/2019 11:25:36 AM PDT
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
To: Signalman
Are the Producers of the new Midway Movie bankrolling this?
I’m sure the timing is a complete coincidence.
That being said, it’s amazing what Human Ingenuity can accomplish. Sitting at the bottom in 18,000 feet of Water and there it is.
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posted on
10/21/2019 11:29:23 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: norwaypinesavage
Pretty much the entire airfleet that bombed Pearl perished at Midway.
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posted on
10/21/2019 11:29:55 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: ebshumidors
Indeed it is shattered, been a few months since I read it.
To: US Navy Vet
Yeah, jagged memory.
I would have preferred to read the paper version rather than Kindle. Most of the maps of the engagements are too small to see on a little screen.
To: bravo whiskey
yeah yeah, you guys are busting my balls bad.
To: Kickass Conservative
Wife just told me this morning of the new film. Chock full of CGI no doubt, which I hate.
That and it has the Harrelson dork in it, so will likely pass until on netflix.
To: doorgunner69
I have it in both Audible and Paperback.
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posted on
10/21/2019 1:45:41 PM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Trump Train!!!)
To: doorgunner69
To: M1903A1
According to James Hornfischer in Neptune's Inferno Fletcher stated
that it was his intention to pull the carriers out at the first opportunity in
the early planning stages of Operation Watchtower, much to the
consternation of Adm. Turner and Marine General Vandergrift. Once the air
cover was removed, Turner was forced to pull the transports leaving the
Marines with only a portion of their equipment and supplies.
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posted on
10/21/2019 4:06:38 PM PDT
by
major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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