battle of midway gallery

cls12vg30 · 09-08-2005, 12:10 PM

That was a very good collection. Midway has always been my favorite story to come out of WW2. Such crazy circumstances led to the sinking of the Japanese carriers.

I think Herman Wouk said it best in War and Remembrence:
"It was a perfect coordinated attack. It was timed almost to the second. It was a freak accident."

BTW, in case anyone is interested, that book has just about the best account of the Battle of Midway of any work of historical fiction I have come across. Much of it is from the point of view of one of Wouk's characters who he inserted into the cockpit of a Dauntless. Also good stuff from Leyte Gulf. The rest of the book is a bit hard to get through as I recall.

evangilder · 09-08-2005, 12:19 PM

Good stuff, JRK. The color photo with the Japanese soldiers on the beach is great quality!

jrk · 09-08-2005, 02:38 PM

thanks once again guys*takes a bow*.when i put my mind to something i can dig up some really good stuff.

i have the factual book on the battle of midway by walter lord.

i hope everyone feels my research is acurate.and if it isnt someone give me a holler.

Gnomey · 09-08-2005, 04:50 PM

Nice pics jrk the colour ones are great!

Pisis · 09-08-2005, 04:58 PM

Great pictures jrk!

Only a small nota: correct name is Consolidated PBY Catalina not Liberator (that is Consolidated B-24).

Pisis

jrk · 09-09-2005, 03:22 PM

thanks pisis for pointing that out for me.i,ve corrected it now.i was putting the photos back on after my comp crashed and i lost everything.i re posted the catalina pic while i was half asleep.

Pisis · 09-10-2005, 08:34 AM

jrk · 09-11-2005, 03:24 PM

here are some more assorted pics of mine

ayrton sennas 1990 gp championship mclaren

jaguar f1 parked next to a british air force apache at silverstone racetrack.

a horny stormtrooper between shooting after seeing princess leia for the first time

welcome to the darth vader show on channal dark star

welcome to the darth vader show on channal dark star

dick cresswells g4m betty shot down over darwin.

hitler taking a time out during one of his many socialist speech dinner parties.

emerson fittipaldis lotus 72 with ford cosworth engine.in this car he became the youngest ever world champion driver in f1 history at the age of 26 y.o.

and finally

mario andrettis lotus 78 in which the no.2 lotus was driven by ronnie petersen.

elmilitaro · 09-12-2005, 07:45 PM

These pictures are nice and FUNNY!!!

Pisis · 09-13-2005, 04:42 AM

The Adolf one is great!

Gnomey · 09-13-2005, 05:25 AM

Nice pics jrk

cheddar cheese · 09-14-2005, 11:35 AM

Yeah the Adolf one is swell

Quote:

emerson fittipaldis lotus 72 with ford cosworth engine.in this car he became the youngest ever world champion driver in f1 history at the age of 26 y.o.

25 years old....

But for how much longer? If Alonso finishes 3rd or higher in Brazil he will be the youngest ever champ, at 24 years old and 3 months...

jrk · 09-14-2005, 04:09 PM

i say good luck to alonzo.i hope he does win the title he deserves it.although i,m a mclaren fan i dont think kimi raikkonen is capable of winning a bag of nuts he thrashes his mclaren to ****.i hope mclaren win the constructors title.

cheddar cheese · 09-14-2005, 04:27 PM

Renault for both! Dont like Raikkönen. Looking forward to Massa at Ferrari next year.

jrk · 09-14-2005, 05:22 PM

i still dont reckon ferrari will do anything next season.