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To: elcid1970

Actually we did see them coming. But army headquarters blew off the signal corps report of incoming craft as a flight of B-17’s coming in from Midway.

CC


9 posted on 04/22/2016 4:51:23 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

—— a flight of B-17’s coming in from Midway——

for the record.......

“On the morning of 7 December 1941, twelve Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California. “

They were coming from the mainland


10 posted on 04/22/2016 4:56:26 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Most personnel on the ground at Pearl said “WTF!?” when the skies suddenly filled with Zeros, Kates, & Vals. There was a massive breakdown in getting intelligence to where it was most needed.

Kinda like the famous last words of Gen. George Armstrong Custer:

“Where did all those f*****g Indians come from!!?”


12 posted on 04/22/2016 5:04:42 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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