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LAST JAPANESE FIGHTER RECOVERED IN HAWAII
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| 18 August 2006
Posted on 08/22/2006 3:51:50 PM PDT by IonImplantGuru
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The locals call the crash landing, capture of the Japanese pilot, subsequent escape, eventual recapture and execution the
"Battle of Niihau."
To: IonImplantGuru
the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 !!!!
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:54:09 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:54:46 PM PDT
by
IonImplantGuru
(Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.)
To: sionnsar
the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 ---
The New York Times may have printed them.....
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:55:45 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(An undefeated enemy is still an enemy.......war has a purpose.)
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:56:38 PM PDT
by
Springman
(9-11-06, what will happen?)
To: IonImplantGuru
I thought this meant the last of the Japanese soldiers hiding in the jungle was found after all these years.
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:56:42 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Peace In Our Time®)
To: sionnsar
yep. That was why they court martialed him, he was way ahead of his time.
To: sionnsar
the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 Court-marshalled for being "innovative" in demonstrating what airpower could do to surface ships!!!
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:56:56 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: IonImplantGuru
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:57:06 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:57:33 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: IonImplantGuru
However, the island's owners, the Robinson family, had heeded the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 and had plowed huge furrows in every conceivable landing site. Those furrows were still present and forced the Zero pilot to crash and be taken prisoner.
The Robinson's are true American heroes.
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:58:59 PM PDT
by
Vision
(God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline 2Timothy1)
To: ExSES
Yes, the Navy was terrified by his demonstration, if thinking like that had caught on, appropriations for battleships and ships of the line would have disappeared.
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:59:10 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: IonImplantGuru
Wow. Any pictures of this story anywhere?
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:59:41 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: Samwise
To: tet68; ExSES
Yes, the Navy was terrified by his demonstration, if thinking like that had caught on, appropriations for battleships and ships of the line would have disappeared. It would have avoided all the wasteful spending on Battleships in the 1930's and '40s. We could have spent more on aircraft carriers and submarines and testing weapons. Imagine how many allied planes wouldn't have been lost if we had already developed aerial refueling.
To: Vision
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:08:49 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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To: sionnsar
Prior Prevention Prevents Poor Performance- sounds like these people were well prepared!!!!
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:14:47 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
(Liberalscostlives)
To: IonImplantGuru
I always wondered why the B-25 was called the Mitchell ... now I know thanks to this. Excellent.
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:15:07 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
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To: tet68
Please excuse my ignorance, exactly what was Gen. Mitchell court-martialed for?
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:19:55 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
(Liberalscostlives)
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