Posted on 11/13/2019 10:51:45 AM PST by gaijin
Yes they are. Battlefield has US banned on a lot of episodes. If you have a VPN you can log in through a European connection and see some additional episodes.
“... that some of the comments made by the characters were too dramatic but in fact they were exact quotes.”
I recall reading about Audie Murphy playing a movie role about one of his exploits in World War II. The director told him they wanted to do the scene exactly as it had happened.
Audie replied something like: “No we aren’t. Nobody would believe it.”
I remembered it to have been ALBERT E. NEWMAN.
IJN Arashi was alone but the circumstance wasn’t weird.
US Sub Nautilus had just previously launched torpedoes that just missed one of the 4 Japanese carriers, I forget which one
The Japanese command staff ordered Arashi to remain behind to depth charge Nautilus. Unsuccessfully.
After a long time on station, Arashi raced to rejoin the Kido Butai.
So it wasn’t just random that the destroyer was there and available for following — she had been ordered to kill Nautilus.
Actually it was VERY skillful
From “Shattered Sword”
The chapter entitled ‘The Iron Fist — 1030 - 1030
“Best was a noted dive-bomber pilot and had a reputation for both boldness and consummate skill. In the words of Best’s backseater, Aviation Chief Radioman James F. Murray, ‘Nobody pushed his dive steeper or held it longer than Dick.’ His 1,000-pound payload sliced through the flight deck and exploded in the upper hangar amid the ‘kanko’ parked there.”
IIRC, the destroyer that McClusky spotted had earlier been detached to hunt down the USS Nautilus, which had been spotted by Japanese fleet scout planes. Later, the Nautilus tried to finish off the burning Kaga, but the torpedo failed to detonate (it broke in pieces upon impact). There's a multi-part documentary, Eagle Against the Sun, that shows a picture of part of the dud torpedo floating next to the stricken carrier.
I guess the submarine's role is usually understated, due to the lion's share of the action belonging to the aviators.
(start about the 18-19 minute mark to get to it)
Naval Heritage | Jonathan Parshall: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
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Jun 24, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9rkKtK1b44
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