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LAST JAPANESE FIGHTER RECOVERED IN HAWAII
AOPA ePilot ^ | 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."
1 posted on 08/22/2006 3:51:52 PM PDT by IonImplantGuru
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To: IonImplantGuru
the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924

!!!!

2 posted on 08/22/2006 3:54:09 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
For Aeronauts ping list.
3 posted on 08/22/2006 3:54:46 PM PDT by IonImplantGuru (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.)
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the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 ---


The New York Times may have printed them.....


4 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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To: malia

Ping.


5 posted on 08/22/2006 3:56:38 PM PDT by Springman (9-11-06, what will happen?)
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To: IonImplantGuru

I thought this meant the last of the Japanese soldiers hiding in the jungle was found after all these years.


6 posted on 08/22/2006 3:56:42 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Peace In Our Time®)
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To: sionnsar
yep. That was why they court martialed him, he was way ahead of his time.
7 posted on 08/22/2006 3:56:55 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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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!!!

8 posted on 08/22/2006 3:56:56 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: IonImplantGuru

What took them so long?


9 posted on 08/22/2006 3:57:06 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am a big fan of urban sprawl but I wish there were more sidewalks)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Professional Engineer; bentfeather; alfa6

Foxhole Ping


10 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.)
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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.
11 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)
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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.


12 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.)
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To: IonImplantGuru

Wow. Any pictures of this story anywhere?


13 posted on 08/22/2006 3:59:41 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Samwise

Thanks for the ping.


14 posted on 08/22/2006 4:00:23 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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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.

15 posted on 08/22/2006 4:07:21 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Vision

Nah - the Robinson's only had the fields plowed. Read this story and you'll see the heros.

http://www.the-catbird-seat.net/PearlHarbor.htm


16 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: IonImplantGuru; glock rocks; NormsRevenge

Great War Story...


17 posted on 08/22/2006 4:13:09 PM PDT by tubebender
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Prior Prevention Prevents Poor Performance- sounds like these people were well prepared!!!!


18 posted on 08/22/2006 4:14:47 PM PDT by MissEdie (Liberalscostlives)
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To: IonImplantGuru

I always wondered why the B-25 was called the Mitchell ... now I know thanks to this. Excellent.


19 posted on 08/22/2006 4:15:07 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Islam is a subsingularity memetic perversion : (http://www.orionsarm.com/topics/perversities.html))
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To: tet68
Please excuse my ignorance, exactly what was Gen. Mitchell court-martialed for?
20 posted on 08/22/2006 4:19:55 PM PDT by MissEdie (Liberalscostlives)
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