JAPANESE RAID JAVA, POUND SURABAYA; M’ARTHUR DEFEATS LANDING ATTEMPTS (2/4/42)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 2/4/42 | Clark Lee, Frederick R. Barkley, Lawrence E. Davies, Arthur Krock, Hanson W. Baldwin, George Gallup

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[alfa6]

Yes, I am way old enough to remember the days of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.)

Yea me too, used to stop school so we could watch the lift offs in class on the grainy little B&W TV.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[PAR35]

By the Battle of the Coral Sea they are no longer present

October 41: At the Coral Sea (May, 42)

[PAR35]

I blew up the Coral Sea picture about 3x. I’m not posting it for two reasons - don’t want to hurt those on slower connections, and two, the quality is terrible.

But it looks like to me like the forward mount is present, and aimed outboard to a point just forward of the photographer. I can see the mount behind it, but can’t see the tubes. It may be aimed across the deck.

Those with better eyes should have at it.

[Lancey Howard]

Quick funny story...

The Leonard F. Mason was patrolling the Pacific off of China c1947, and during one shore leave on the mainland, a bunch of sailors organized a baseball game. It got hot while they played, and some of the sailors hung their shirts on nearby trees. Well, doesn’t some Chinese dude steal one sailor’s shirt and run off with it. The sailor chased him down, tuned him up a little, and retrieved the shirt.

Next thing you know, this group of baseball-playing sailors is taken into custody by a local Chinese army platoon! Things got a little dicey, but Captain Merrill finally traded some supplies from the Mason in return for his sailors. (It’s a true story, even if it does have a certain Mr. Roberts / Ensign Pulver ring to it.) I cracked up when my Dad told me about it. I couldn’t help but envision Tony Curtis getting in the middle of things, doing some wheeliing and dealing.

Semper Fidelis and FRegards,
LH

[texanyankee]

on page 16:

“Cards of Identity For All Favored”

polled by Gallup....

[BroJoeK]

Lancy Howard: "(Yes, I am way old enough to remember the days of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.)"

But old enough to remember when they were first replaced by God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit?

;-)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I can date myself be relating a vicarious memory. If I last until 1943 with these posts I will insert some family history concerning an uncle who was an 8th AAF B-17 navigator. After the war (spoiler alert - he survived) he stayed in and switched to the new Air Force. His background was math and physics so he worked on space programs. My older cousin remembers visiting his dad’s work site after school, one of the aerospace plants in So. Cal., and meeting the Mercury astronauts. He got a thrill out of that I can tell you. At least I think it was Mercury. The cousin told me the story for the first time just a few years ago at a reunion.