To: HenpeckedCon
On Guadalcanal dad spoke of “Washing Machine Charlie”. A beat up old Japanese plane with a single bomb that flew over at night with its noisy old engine whose primary purpose was to keep the marines up at night.
Then hollyweird came up with “5 o’clock charly “
5 posted on
03/17/2018 3:29:45 AM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: Vaquero
On Guadalcanal dad spoke of “Washing Machine Charlie”. [...] Then hollyweird came up with “5 o’clock charly “McHale's Navy "Washing Machine Charlie" [Season 1, Episode 22]
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6 posted on
03/17/2018 3:39:56 AM PDT by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Vaquero
On Guadalcanal dad spoke of “Washing Machine Charlie”. A beat up old Japanese plane with a single bomb that flew over at night with its noisy old engine whose primary purpose was to keep the marines up at night. Far worse than Washing Machine Charlie, which was apparently a reconnaissance plane, was Louie the Louse, a plane that dropped flares at night. After Louie dropped his flares, a bombardment by nearby Japanese warships would follow.
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