Of all of the theories proposed, these were the least credible.
My grandfather was in the Navy before WWII, and they were sent around the Pacific looking for her.
She was working for the Japanese all along. Had to make her “disappear” when they brought her in out of the cold.
I couldn’t make out what he was saying. Synopsis someone?
If you ever feel ignored, remember that Amelia Earhart wasn’t alone in that plane...
That audio is difficult to follow. Could you give a rundown?
Sounds like a guy repeating the rumors that swept across the Pacific. There were a couple of occasions during amphibious invasions when rumors swirled around that they found her airplane intact in a hanger. The people who haven’t been there, the size and scope of rumors in a war are hard to believe. Especially in the days before every soldier seems to have a cell phone.
Hmm...smells like...
Found her plane? I don’t think so.
Watch the first minute, couldn’t understand a word. Sounds like he’s talking from the bottom of a deep well.
bttt - thanks for posting.
Of all of the theories proposed, these were the least credible.
A soldier who complains that the US was intentionally killing civilians in WW II, maybe I’ll listen. A soldier who beginbs his description of the end of the war in the Pacific by saying we dropped nuclear bombs on the Japs “without warning” — that’s when I stopped listening.
Stories like this start when some wisecracking marine assaulting an airfield tells his buddy they will probably find Amelia Earhart’s plane here. The joke spreads through the platoon. The next adjoining company hears it and passed it on. By the time it gets to the other side of the island, the story is that some Marines over in the other battalion found Amelia’s plane when they assaulted the airfield. By the time it gets to Navy officers on ships, the Japanese found her camera, and the executor and buried her on the island. And the government is covering it up so we don’t kill everyone in Japan when we land there.
I realize Rumble is all the rage with conservatives, but quite frankly the service sucks. Perhaps it will get better, but for now the service is too sub-par to actually be useful.
Ever hear of Louise Thaden? She was a contemporary of Earhart’s, an aviatrix, and was every bit as famous.
Everyone’s heard of Earhart, simply because she got lost.
The airport in Bentonville, AR is named for her, along with a private school. Her childhood home has been restored, and is located on the school grounds.
Amelia’s navigator Fred Noonan did receive some training from Weems, but not enough. Neither Earhardt nor Noonan knew morse code or were competent in celestial navigation.
“[Fred] Noonan is the only one of Commander Weems’ students who has ever been lost at sea.” —“Baltimore Sun,” 1937
https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-air/early-air-navigators/amelia-earhart
She ground-looped it when taking off to begin the second leg of the trip and did substantial damage to the airframe. Her rich hubby paid to have it ready for the second attempt three months later.
I'm not sure if that means he loved her madly and was willing indulge her fantasy, or if that means he figured her killing herself in a plane crash was cheaper than a divorce.
Her widower, publisher multi-millionaire George Putnam, was the author of the Earhart legend. Just like Libby invented the Custer legend and Jackie invented Camelot. All three are today remembered as larger-than-life primarily because of an image rehabilitation campaign orchestrated by the spouse who survived them.
The incredible thing to me about this crash is Fred Noonan was on board, acting as her co-pilot, yet he still went along on the second attempt. Most of the available information says the stories about Fred being a lush were fabricated, but after having a ring-side seat for the first crash, I can't see any sane man going along on the second attempt without getting lubricated first.