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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

“Two months later we knocked the living shit out of them at the battle of Midway.”

Thanks to the help of some naval code breakers, a good deal of luck, and the tenacity of squadron commander Wade McClusky.


7 posted on 05/17/2011 8:03:58 PM PDT by Pelham (Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
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To: Pelham

We had an advantage in information and the Japanese had every other possible advantage. There’s a lessson in that.


9 posted on 05/17/2011 8:11:57 PM PDT by wendy1946
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Agreed.They had to know they were not coming back.We lost a lot of great men that day.I had the pleasure of meeting George Gay who was VT-8s only survivor when I was a kid so many years ago.Just a really great guy.He was surprised that a 12 year old kid knew so much about the Battle of Midway history.


14 posted on 05/17/2011 9:39:00 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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