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  1. formerjughead

    formerjughead The Cooler King

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    You are correct Sir!!!!!!
     
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  2. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Amazing...LOL:D

    Who is this uniformed man?

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  3. formerjughead

    formerjughead The Cooler King

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    A Commander with a Navy Cross? Star means he was in a "line" unit and the circle means he commanded that unit.

    Aviator wings

    Looks like a Korean Presidential Unit Citation on the end, not sure what the little guy in the middle is though PTO ribbon?

    I am going to go with Buzz Aldrin
     
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  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Nope. He is well-known, though. He commanded an important air unit that gained fame early in the war.
     
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  5. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    He made a critical tactical decision early in the war that greatly affected the outcome of an important battle.
     
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  6. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    His actions lead to the loss of three Japanese carriers.
     
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  7. jemimas_special2

    jemimas_special2 Shepherd

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    Slip,

    Is it Richard Halsey Best?
     
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  8. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    No, but you are getting close. This man's fame was for making a decision, not necessarily dropping ordinance on the target. He was awarded the Navy Cross. He later commanded an escort carrier.
     
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    jemimas_special2 Shepherd

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    Harry E Sears??... I'm tryin Slip ;)
     
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  10. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Keep wading out there, you might clutch on to it eventually.
     
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  11. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    Wade McClusky

    His decision to follow a Japanese destroyer got the SBDs to the Kaga Akagi and Soryu. John Waldron had already found them though.
     
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  12. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That is him.

    Didn't say he found them, only that he made a decision that led to the carrier losses. Had he not decided followed the DD, the two airgroups may never have located the carriers or may have not arrived at the right time to catch the Japanese CAP on the waves.

    Perplex us with another pic.
     
    Slipdigit, Dec 8, 2009
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  13. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    Yeah, I know - Waldron was just an aside ( just finished re-reading George Gay's Sole Survivor) - didn't mean to imply otherwise.

    What happened here?
     

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  14. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Typhoon damage?
     
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  15. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    Nope
     
    mcoffee, Dec 8, 2009
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  16. David Cohen

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    Is that the aftermath of the 1944 Vesuvius eruption?
     
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  17. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    It is indeed. Those are B-25s of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Airfield, which was covered by about a foot of ash and cinders by the March eruption.

    Your turn.
     
    mcoffee, Dec 9, 2009
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  18. David Cohen

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    [​IMG]
     
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  19. David Cohen

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    Well, that was very offensive and random.
     
    David Cohen, Dec 12, 2009
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  20. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Throw out some hints, David.
     
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