Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Self-Published | 10/24/2019 | Self-Published

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Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. 

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese Admiral in charge of Japan's fateful Midway battle loss to U.S. forces during World War 2.

Note: The attributed quote has been placed in dispute by many liberal sources at an obvious attempt to promote the banning of firearms and the repeal of the 2nd Amendment. 

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Word Hint 1: EACH

Word Hint 2: RIFLE

Word Hint 3: WOULD

First 3 words: YOU CANNOT INVADE

ANSWER: YOU CANNOT INVADE MAINLAND UNITED STATES. THERE WOULD BE A TRAINED RIFLE BEHIND EACH BLADE OF GRASS.

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[jmacusa]

“I fear all we have done is to awakening a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve’’.

[teeman8r]

no. the other one...

a rifle behind each blade of grass.

[SkyDancer]

How do you say “oops in Japanese?

[Ancesthntr]

“Note: The attributed quote has been placed in dispute by many liberal sources at an obvious attempt to promote the banning of firearms and the repeal of the 2nd Amendment. “

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That’s because Yamamoto NEVER uttered the quote (however true we pro-2A folks wish he did). By continuing to use this non-quote, all that we do is discredit ourselves for making stuff up. I really wish that people on our side would just stick with the facts.

[jmacusa]

Ah, ha. But I don’t think that is attributable to Yamamoto.

[jmacusa]

“How do you say ‘’oops’’ in Japanese?’’ “Roops!

[GOP Congress]

Ironically, I was going to use that one, but I was particularly pissed off today at the gun grabbers so went with his other quote.

[GOP Congress]

Certain attributes of the actual quote may be in question, including a word that was considered untranslatable that roughly translates to “learned,” so I took editorial privilege and used the word “trained.” Otherwise, the conventional quote does not use an adjective to describe “rifle.”

[Reily]

I tried to track the origin of that Yamamoto quote, the best I could get was back to the chief historian of MacArthur’s staff.

So its apocryphal, may or may not be true!

[wbarmy]

Actually, seeing the name I made an EWAG (Educated Wild A Guess)and got it right.

[xkaydet65]

The central fact that must always be emphasized is the mission those ten companies of light infantry and grenadiers were on that April Morning in 1775.

[GOP Congress]

The quote was attributed to material that were found in the Prange files, who was the historian for Gen. McArthur. Part of the misconception by the Left is that the quote was originally censored, as was most of the files regarding WW2 axis partners recovered by the allies throughout the fifties and much of the sixties. Keep in mind most historical quotes, unless taken verbatim from actual transcripts or audio recordings, are also interpretations and even, in some cases, misappropriations, but in this case the Prange file indicates a significant portion of Yanamoto’s wartime documentation, including his quotations.

With regard to Yamamoto, he was in fact cognizant of American civilian firearm possession AND competence, and in fact was a significant reason that Japan never pursued an attack on the US mainland, unlike Japan’s foray into Eastern Russia and China, with greater land masses than the U.S. (though Canada was operationally considered an extension of the U.S. and still maintained a high level of firearm ownership).

While I am against outright lying, quote attribution can be comfortably and realistically applied in most circumstances even if the literal quotations were not uttered. For instance, any quote given by Confucius can be just as invalid as Yanamoto, but I digress.

[rolling_stone]

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/history/april-19-1775

[teeman8r]

all i did was type in behind each blade of grass...

[jmacusa]

Japan never pursued an attack on The American mainland? Attu and Kiska come to mind. What do you think the Battle Of Midway was about?

[xkaydet65]

Japan had neither the sealift or military forces to effect a landing, let alone a conquest of the western US.
The goal of the Midway operation was to eliminate the US carrier arm in the hope of forcing the US to accept a peace allowing Japan its free hand in esdt Asia. In fact their Midway invasion force of less than 5K might not havd been sble to overcome Midway’s Marines. How would Japan have transported enough men to overcome Hawaii’s defenses which on June 4v2 consisted not only of the oversized Hawaiian Division, but of Marine and other Army formations. Attu and Kiska are not the mainland US and were occupied as a diversion to the Midway op and were only counter attacked in 43 as a political necessity.

[Clutch Martin]

“I tried to track the origin of that Yamamoto quote, the best I could get was back to the chief historian of MacArthur’s staff”

out of curiosity are you referring to Gordon W. Prange?

[QualityMan]

some say attu and kiska were a diversionary feint to mask the real objective of “AF”, which was midway island.

some say that attu and kiska were on a even footing with “AF”, in terms of strategic importance...both realistic objectives of Japan at the time.

depends on which history you read.