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MrNubbz

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1190 on: October 28, 2022, 06:16:52 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 28, 2022, 03:20:54 PM
My Dad's Mom moved them to Demorest at some point because she wanted her kids to go to college, and three of four did.  My own mom called her the most impressive woman she'd ever met.  They were dirt poor, literally, and she saw education as a way up and out.  My Dad had a white collar job with the State after being a teacher and principal for a few years.  Of course the war had a large impact on everything, my Dad had a Purple Heart from when his B-24 went down in the Pacific.
I forgot if they got shot down or a mechanical problem.Very fortunate to be found in such a vast area w/o GPS or other modern honing devices
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« Reply #1191 on: October 28, 2022, 06:44:45 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 28, 2022, 03:34:01 PM
He was a radar operator on a B-24, 858th Squadron, "The Snoopers".  They flew off Guadalcanal initially, I think the doomed flight was off New Georgia.  I have the official report somewhere of the crash, my Dad said it was wrong for various reasons.  Three men survived out of ten.  My Dad thinks the radar dome hit the water and broke the plane open and he floated out, he was unconscious and injured.  The copilot went through the windshield and the flight engineer apparently followed him and kept them afloat.  They were picked up by a US destroyer the next morning.  I have this book.
There is a guy on youtube named Indie neidel.If you hit on the Worl War Two ✔ under the screen you can back track the war chronologically week by week.It is absolutely how astounding how the Battle of  Guadalcanal was in all facets.Sea/Air/Land the IJF were fanatical.Seemingly every damn day there were casualties,Aerial combat,ships sunk by subs,subs sunk by mines. Snipers,bonzai charges,flame throwers,neither side giving in & taking no quarter.Naval patrols bumping into each other because of the thousands of islands that were both a blessing and a curse.And I'm not being overly patriotic saying that no other nation(Russia/GB/Germany) could have taken them on in all 3 phases

https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1192 on: October 28, 2022, 08:42:15 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on October 28, 2022, 06:03:52 PM
As always, I'm so sorry for your loss, and I thank your son for his service and your family for it sacrifice.

Your dad too, of course, although I don't know his story.
Agreed!
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« Reply #1193 on: October 28, 2022, 10:11:35 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on October 28, 2022, 06:03:52 PM
As always, I'm so sorry for your loss, and I thank your son for his service and your family for it sacrifice.

Your dad too, of course, although I don't know his story.
I must’ve missed this over the years I’ve posted here. Likewise I’m sorry for your loss and thank your family for their sacrifice. 
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« Reply #1194 on: October 29, 2022, 08:10:14 AM »
By about 3,000 B.C., almost every weaving technique known today had been invented by the Peruvians.
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« Reply #1195 on: October 29, 2022, 08:53:10 AM »
Early in WWII in the Pacific Theater the Japanese Zero was vastly superior to anything the USA had flying.As they had already been fighting in China for a while and we were coming out of the Depression and weren't spending/developing any war related hardware .Any way some Naval Airman invented "the Weave" where they'd criss-cross each other and shoot any Zeros trailing the other pilot. This formation had the guys name but I don't recall it
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« Reply #1196 on: October 29, 2022, 08:54:15 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Suez Canal Crisis Begins (1956)
After Britain and the US withdrew their financial pledges to help Egypt build the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, angering Britain and France, which had direct financial stakes in the canal. A joint invasion of Egypt ensued, but UN intervention led to an armistice in November. The canal, blocked for months due to damage, reopened in 1957.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1197 on: October 29, 2022, 09:15:38 AM »
John Thach.

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« Reply #1198 on: October 29, 2022, 09:32:42 AM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1199 on: October 29, 2022, 10:04:26 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 28, 2022, 03:41:09 PM
This was the crew:



There is a shirt hanging off the plane because that is a radar antenna and could not be photographed.  My Dad is first row right.  I don't think this is the plane that crashed.  They had a lot of mechanical issues with the turbosuperchargers.


Notice how trim people were back then,no love handles or double chins,prolly from fighting and working their arses off
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« Reply #1200 on: October 29, 2022, 10:18:15 AM »
They also were young, my Dad was oldest of that group.  This is from 1943-44, so he was 26-27.  And of course the chow probably was somewhat lacking, and they all smoked pretty heavily.

My Dad went to a pipe in about 1960 and then quit a few years later.  He passed on at 93, as did my Mom.
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« Reply #1201 on: October 29, 2022, 10:36:02 AM »
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« Reply #1202 on: October 29, 2022, 11:54:00 AM »
That's impressive
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1203 on: October 29, 2022, 12:37:42 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on October 29, 2022, 08:53:10 AM
Early in WWII in the Pacific Theater the Japanese Zero was vastly superior to anything the USA had flying.As they had already been fighting in China for a while and we were coming out of the Depression and weren't spending/developing any war related hardware .Any way some Naval Airman invented "the Weave" where they'd criss-cross each other and shoot any Zeros trailing the other pilot. This formation had the guys name but I don't recall it
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