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03-11-2008, 11:21 AM
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now there was this book i read saying that in the dolittle raid it was yorktown and enterprise and hornet and enterpisre | 
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03-11-2008, 12:33 PM
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#2 | | Der Crewchief
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03-11-2008, 01:09 PM
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03-11-2008, 01:45 PM
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03-11-2008, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by fly boy  now there was this book i read saying that in the dolittle raid it was yorktown and enterprise and hornet and enterpisre | So, the enterprise is a different ship than the enterpisre? I'm confused . . . . . .
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03-11-2008, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Holy crap. I am not a grammar nazi but you need to work on your spelling and grammar! | .......and punctuation.
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03-11-2008, 02:31 PM
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03-11-2008, 02:37 PM
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03-11-2008, 02:39 PM
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03-11-2008, 03:12 PM
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03-11-2008, 09:19 PM
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Country: | fly boy I think you are confusing The Doolittle Raid with the Battle of the Coral Sea or the Battle of Midway. Those carriers were almost all the US had at the time and went into battle together in early 1942, sometimes with one or the other.
Like Plan said, Hornet and Enterprise were on the Doolittle Raid.
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03-11-2008, 10:19 PM
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Country: | Hey TO, I thought that quote came from the Battle of Midway, not Coral Sea. Am I mistaken?
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03-12-2008, 06:53 AM
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03-12-2008, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Thorlifter Hey TO, I thought that quote came from the Battle of Midway, not Coral Sea. Am I mistaken? | Thor, the quote is by Ray Spruance (Glen Ford) from the movie "Midway" when the first Jap Carrier sighting is reported. Don't know if it's an actual quote or just a "Hollywood" line, but it's one of my favorites. And since the image in my sig is Robert Taylor's "The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders", it seems to fit.
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03-12-2008, 08:24 AM
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Country: | I agree it's a great line. I also like, "I want that 4th carrier". 
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