[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I remember Mutual News...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The following is a special news report about the crash of a B-25 bomber into the Empire State Building a couple hours ago. It includes interviews with two women who were working in the building at the time of the crash (5:55). Listen at the linked recording.

Barry Gray

[BenLurkin]

When the first report came in on 9/11, I thought of this event. And thought the first crash was an accident.

Then came the report of the second.

[dfwgator]

Did they have Loose Change back then?

[fso301]

Hmm? Now imagine if the Japanese could have gotten some men in country to receive flight training in really big airplanes?

[bigbob]

One reason the AAC built most of it’s training bases in places like Nebraska was the number of days of clear weather, and because a crash would not likely occur over a heavily populated area. While the Empire State crash wasn’t a training flight, it proves the point. Of course the politicians who brought those investments back to their home states won big too. A few WWII training bases have been repurposed but most are derelict, with a few acres of concrete and the Norden bombsight storage building the most visible remains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_World_War_II_army_airfields

[Covenantor]

Side bar story to the crash.

A Puerto Rican taxi cab driver was stopped at 34th St and Fifth Avenue, heard the crash. Thinking it was a bomb blast signaling the start of the revolution, jumped from his car and started firing his pistol into the air, all the while yelling, “VIVA LA REVOLUCION!”.

One of those strange historical facts that takes up permanent residence in the memory bank.