The locals call the crash landing, capture of the Japanese pilot, subsequent escape, eventual recapture and execution the
"Battle of Niihau."
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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
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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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5 posted on
08/22/2006 3:56:38 PM PDT by
Springman
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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
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9 posted on
08/22/2006 3:57:06 PM PDT by
SamAdams76
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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.)
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.
11 posted on
08/22/2006 3:58:59 PM PDT by
Vision
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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: 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
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To: IonImplantGuru
27 posted on
08/22/2006 4:34:35 PM PDT by
VOA
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40 posted on
08/22/2006 5:33:39 PM PDT by
indcons
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To: IonImplantGuru
I thought this thread was going to be about another 'last' Japanese fighter who refused to give up and was found in the jungle somewhere.
52 posted on
08/22/2006 6:18:05 PM PDT by
wildbill
To: IonImplantGuru
They wrote a song, "They Couldn't Take Niihau Nohow."
The hero was featured in an American Heritage article back in the sixties some time.
54 posted on
08/22/2006 6:27:14 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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To: IonImplantGuru
Was the execution of this POW approved by JAG HQ?
56 posted on
08/22/2006 6:31:33 PM PDT by
BnBlFlag
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To: IonImplantGuru
61 posted on
08/22/2006 7:10:32 PM PDT by
VOA
To: IonImplantGuru
I read this story some years ago. Apparently the aid given to the Japanese pilot by the local Japanese-Americans was a factor in the decision to intern them.
To: IonImplantGuru
The locals call the crash landing, capture of the Japanese pilot, subsequent escape, eventual recapture and execution the "Battle of Niihau."I especially like the "execution" part. FDR knew what he was doing. President Bush, please do the same with the animals at Gitmo. Thanking you in advance, I am...
5.56mm
77 posted on
08/22/2006 9:33:44 PM PDT by
M Kehoe
someone mentioned Guadalcanal, here's some related reading. This particular story has been posted multiple times on FR, I think this is the oldest one:
Autumn, 1942: It came down to one Marine, and one ship
Culture/Society Opinion (Published) Keywords: COL. MITCHELL PAIGE REAR ADM. WILLIS A. "CHING CHONG CHINA" LEE GUADALCANAL WORLD WAR II
Source: Enter Stage Right - A Journal of Modern Conservatism
Published: October 23, 2000 Author: Vin Suprynowicz
Posted on 10/23/2000 10:11:29 PDT by gordgekko
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39f47141497d.htm
79 posted on
08/22/2006 9:44:28 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: IonImplantGuru
My Dad had a piece of a Japanese Kamikaze that hit his ship. (His ship the Battleship U.S.S. Mississippi was hit twice). It was a fuel or hydraulic line about ½ id with some Japanese writing on the side. Sadly one of my sisters thought it was junk and it got thrown into the trash during a spring cleanup.
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