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Six minutes over the Japanese fleet
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:15 pm
73 years ago today 
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Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:16 pm to Jim Rockford
Midway?
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Many a jap died that day.
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:19 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Midway?
Coral Sea
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Midway?
Yep. Was the big turning point in the war. One group from that day I'd like to recognize is the brave men of VT-8. It was their suicidal and sadly, ineffective low level torpedo runs in hopelessly obsolete Dauntless Devestator torpedo bombers that drew the Japanese CAP down to sea level and cleared the way for the Dauntless diver bombers to do their job to such devastating effect.
Only one man in this picture survived that attack. And he had to be plucked out of the water. He actually got to watch the Jap carriers get obliterated while bobbing in the water not far away.
This post was edited on 6/4/15 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:21 pm to GrammarKnotsi
You are one sad, pathetic little man.
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:25 pm to Darth_Vader
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You are one sad, pathetic little man.
Says the guy that can't keep himself out of a thread...
Countdown until you make this one about you...
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:26 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:28 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:29 pm to jimbeam
Read shattered sword the untold story of midway. Blows anything you've ever thought of the battle out of the water
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:33 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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Says the guy that can't keep himself out of a thread...
It's a history thread. I like history. That's pretty well known around here.
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Countdown until you make this one about you...
You're the one trying to make it about me.
How about either post something about Midway or kindly go frick yourself.
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:33 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:35 pm to Darth_Vader
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Darth_Vader
Have a sense of humor. He made a funny post.
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:39 pm to geauxtigers87
Would you like to share some of that?
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:43 pm to geauxtigers87
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Read shattered sword the untold story of midway. Blows anything you've ever thought of the battle out of the water
Yeah, can you give us some idea what all this book details? Are you saying it sheds light on things we didn't already know about the battle?
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:44 pm to Darth_Vader
It's a tragedy that VT-8 airmen died flying obsolescent aircraft using defective torpedoes. However, it's simply not true that they played any significant role during Midway.
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:47 pm to Salviati
Could you elaborate?
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:51 pm to Darth_Vader
Well I'm sure it's nothing new to you
Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:52 pm to Salviati
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It's a tragedy that VT-8 airmen died flying obsolescent aircraft using defective torpedoes. However, it's simply not true that they played any significant role during Midway.
They came in first and drew down to sea level the Japanese Zeros defending the fleet. Right after that the Dive Bombers came in at high altitude. Had the Zeros still been at a high altitude they would have intercepted and almost assuredly shot down the Dauntless dive bombers which were almost as vulnerable as the Devastator torpedo bombers. The Zeros were too low to intercept the Dauntless though thanks to Torpedo 8 and did not have time to climb to a high enough altitude to intercept the dive bombers before they made their bombing runs.
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