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re: 75 years ago today, the United States struck back!
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
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Jefferson DeBlanc of St. Martinville LINK
dude wore the original set of truck nuts
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Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:53 pm to RollTide1987
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The invasion of Guadalcanal, which began on this day in 1942, was the first U.S. offensive of World War I
I am pretty sure Midway was an offensive.
You don't sink four enemy carriers by accident.
Remember that we had broken the Japanese code and knew where they would be and when.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:56 pm to 777Tiger
Ye Olde Photo Shoppe?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:02 pm to soccerfüt
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Ye Olde Photo Shoppe?
like I posted, I've seen that pic in books that were published before WWII was even over, still have one of those books that came from my grandmother's house, it was my cousins history book that was published while he was in HS and she had three sons fighting in the south Pacific
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:12 pm to 777Tiger
Not a real head.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:14 pm to geauxtigers87
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Not a real head.
whatever, it is a real photo, and it looks like a lot of pics of remains that were on the receiving end of napalm/flame throwers(that expel napalm)
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:21 pm to 777Tiger
Didn't use napalm until later in the war. First flame thrower didn't get to the canal until January 1943. This guy took the photo in 1942
Posted on 8/7/17 at 4:56 pm to ATL-TIGER-732
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I am pretty sure Midway was an offensive.
No.
The Japanese were on the offensive at Midway whilecwe were on the defensive. Their goal there was to take Midway from the US and lure the remnants of the Pacific Fleet into open battle and destroy it. However, we lured them into our own trap and the rest is history.
The best way to describe Midway is it was a Japanese offensive that was defeated by American naval forces via a ambush style counterattack.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 10:25 pm to Darth_Vader
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The best way to describe Midway is it was a Japanese offensive that was defeated by American naval forces via a ambush style counterattack.
This seems to describe my marriage.......
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:11 am to Darth_Vader
I think that the water-cooled version had a superior "sustained automatic fire" capability because it was water-cooled. I also think I remember that the USMC at Guadalcanal had this water cooled version.
So that version of this weapon was probably better to have on hand at Guadalcanal to repulse Japanese Banzai charges.
So that version of this weapon was probably better to have on hand at Guadalcanal to repulse Japanese Banzai charges.
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