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Five survivors of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders recall daring sortie (70TH ANNIVERSARY)
The Washington Times ^
| April 12, 2012
| Ben Wolfgang
Posted on 04/13/2012 11:17:05 AM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:17:20 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
I think that every story about the Doolittle raid for the last decade has included the line that "this is expected to be the last time that they will gather."
Rubbish...believe me, as long as any of the survivors who are left can draw a breath, they will find a way to make the reunion..
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:45:40 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(The ONLY reason to support Mitt: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will appear at the WH each Christmas)
To: jazusamo
American balls...wish we still had them
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:51:57 AM PDT
by
Razwan
(Yeah, yeah, I know...Razwan, member since 30 June 2000)
To: ken5050
Couldn’t agree more. The three interviewed don’t look bad for their ages and like you say, “they will find a way.”
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:52:08 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
thanks for link. I tweeted it.
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:52:33 AM PDT
by
NEWwoman
(God Bless America)
To: Razwan
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:53:04 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
To: NEWwoman
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:54:36 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
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posted on
04/13/2012 11:55:09 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
I recently read a book on the Doolittle raid in conjunction with my WWII +70 Years project on this site. I was in awe of the courage and willingness to sacrifice shown by the crew members. But it never occurred to me that any of them would have survived to this late date.
Visit our thread next Wednesday the 18th to read the first reports of the raid to reach the American people. I’ll bet there were goose bumps across the fruited plain.
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posted on
04/13/2012 12:04:39 PM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: jazusamo
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posted on
04/13/2012 12:05:21 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(You can be a Romney Republican or you can be a conservative. You can't be both. Pick one.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Well said, every last one of these men were courageous above and beyond. I believe it a miracle so few perished on the raid due to the odds and the chain of events.
I’m looking forward to reading the thread on Wednesday, thanks.
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posted on
04/13/2012 12:18:29 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Doolittle
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posted on
04/13/2012 1:23:04 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: jazusamo
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:25:35 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:26:42 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: Razwan
“American balls...wish we still had them.”
###
Lost in the confused haze of moral relativism, fear of predatory lawyer scum, and non-judgmentalism.
Feel free to add your own.....
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:31:34 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
(2012: When the Levee Breaks)
To: unkus
“After a weeks long journey of 100 miles skirting the Chna coast the crew was picked up by an American plane”
WOW! Now that is the other half of their story and a movie that was never made.
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:38:56 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(The best way to punish a - country is let professors run it. Fredrick the Great p/p)
To: mosesdapoet
“After a weeks long journey of 100 miles skirting the Chna coast the crew was picked up by an American plane”WOW! Now that is the other half of their story and a movie that was never made.
Actually, this half of the story was told as part of a movie plot --in 1944.
The movie was 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" starring Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Don Defore and a very young, Robert Mitchum.
Van Johnson's character in the movie (Ted Lawson) looks like it was based on what happened to Edward Saylor.
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:34:30 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
To: magslinger
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Yea I saw the movie when it first came out. It covered part of the story but not what was (logistics n stuff like that)behind the rescue missions plus the flight out. Those emergency airfields, like the ones in Yugoslavia were secret at the time . .
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:51:20 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(The best way to punish a - country is let professors run it. Fredrick the Great p/p)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Great movie!!..Very stirring theme music, and the shot when they fly the plane UNDER the Bay Bridge is a classic...
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posted on
04/13/2012 6:10:02 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(The ONLY reason to support Mitt: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will appear at the WH each Christmas)
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