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  1. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    I drove through the gate onto Ft. Myers ! Of course it was by accident, I was looking for a parking spot to visit the Pentagon. Was lost. Pulled up to the guard, explained I'd taken a right when I should have listened to my wife and he (between giggles) gave me permission to enter the parking area and exit the facility back to the freeway.
     
    Biak, Dec 26, 2023
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    Not to offend anyone, personally. But just thought it was a good historical photo with a rather interesting caption. They did that back then.

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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I could add a story but I'm not dead yet.
     
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    Sleeping and drunken Hessian mercenaries lulled into a false sense of security.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Important lesson about keeping security active has since been spottily learned.
     
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    And not only having contempt for the Americans battlefield prowess they also severely underestimated them as worthy opponents.
     
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  7. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    HEY DUDE !! Happy New Year !
     
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    The difference between fighting for money, versus fighting for ideals.
     
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    World War Aviation
     
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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    That guy on the wing can't be over five feet tall ! Never underestimate anyone !
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I went to a few martial arts expos at the Nippon Budokan (日本武道館) in Tokyo. I know what little guys can do. And old guys.
     
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  12. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Hmmm, I've surprised a few.

    Uncle told about watching a demonstration in Japan in 1945 of a guy brandishing a Katana cutting paper, Silk and a few other items. If we had to have fought those guys things may have turned out different.
     
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    My current tipple. Not bad.
     
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    Especially for your new years I presume?
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    The 72nd NYE doesn't recent much as much attention.
     
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    Escort Carrier USS Thetis Bay taking PBY Catalinas, F6F Hellcats, and one J2F Duck from Hawaii to Alameda for repairs, Jul 8 1944.
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    [chief mode]You can do better that that! Get it all back on the dock and try again![/chief mode]
     
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    I almost don’t want to post the blurb…











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    Photo montage used in the squadron's Christmas card, 17 February 1942. It features some of VJ-7's enterprising photographers working to get the best possible camera angles from positions aboard a Grumman J2F Duck.
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    Where's the photographer standing?
     
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    Either another plane, hanging by a silk canopy or he was really really tall !
     
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