To: colorado tanker
If you could take that picture back in time and show it to a typical American during the years 1942-1944 he or she would probably react with stunned disbelief.
21 posted on
08/28/2015 11:47:45 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I was thinking that same thing.
22 posted on
08/28/2015 11:49:00 AM PDT by
EternalVigilance
(The laws of nature and nature's God are the only true basis for just human government and liberty.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Watching the cooperation of the Japanese as events unfold, it occurs to me none of that could have happened without our having left the Emperor in place. He was the only one that virtually the entire people would obey.
23 posted on
08/28/2015 11:53:34 AM PDT by
EternalVigilance
(The laws of nature and nature's God are the only true basis for just human government and liberty.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson; EternalVigilance; PeterPrinciple; henkster
Back when the History Channel still did history, they did a series following the Enterprise and going through its biggest battles. As I recall, it was pretty good. I found it available on Amazon.
She certainly earned the title the fightingest carrier.
To: Homer_J_Simpson
No question about it, Homer. I think it would have been easier for them to believe that one day Germany and the U.S. would be allies, but Japan? Never.
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