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06-04-2005, 12:34 PM
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TBD from VT-8 (Photo from Mark Haron).
In memory of the brave young men lost this day during the Battle of Midway, 1942. | 
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06-04-2005, 12:56 PM
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#2 | | "Shooter"
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__________________  http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | |
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06-04-2005, 01:20 PM
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#3 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yes it is - If anyone could find a 1992 copy of "Sea Classics" for this month, there is a huge article on the Battle of Midway (50th anniversary). I wrote it!
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06-04-2005, 03:04 PM
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Country:  | That sure was some scrap to me the definitive carrier action.
No graves but the sea for a lot of those brave young fellas.
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06-04-2005, 06:01 PM
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Country: | It takes a brave man to do what they did that day. I don't know that I could have done it. Of course, there are countless acts of bravery that have taken place both in times of war and everyday life that we'll never know about.
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06-04-2005, 06:13 PM
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| wow thats one big bomb,is it a torpedo bomb? | |
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06-04-2005, 06:19 PM
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Country: | Think of Toprpedo 8! A whole squadron lost! When I was in the Navy I couldn't imagine all of our squadron's planes lost, let alone the crews!
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06-04-2005, 10:55 PM
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Country: | My father, who was XO of VF-3 at Midway, always says, with the respect obvious in his voice, that flying a torpedo plane was one of the most self-sacrificing thing a Navy pilot could do.
Rich
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06-04-2005, 11:02 PM
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06-04-2005, 11:35 PM
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#10 | | "Shooter"
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06-04-2005, 11:56 PM
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Country: | Several years ago, I saw a documentary about the battle of Midway but I can't remember the name of it. It said that the Japanese picked up three men from Torpedo Squadron 8 who, like Ensign Gay, survived their planes being shot down. If I recall correctly, the men were interrogated then tied up and tossed overboard. Has anyone else heard anything like that?
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06-05-2005, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by evangilder Cool, FBJ! Do you still have a copy of the article? | I'll try to find it and post it, it's really long, so I'll post the first few pages.
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06-05-2005, 01:55 AM
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06-05-2005, 10:06 PM
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Several years ago, I saw a documentary about the battle of Midway but I can't remember the name of it. It said that the Japanese picked up three men from Torpedo Squadron 8 who, like Ensign Gay, survived their planes being shot down. If I recall correctly, the men were interrogated then tied up and tossed overboard. Has anyone else heard anything like that?
| Ensign Wesley Osmus from Yorktown's VT-3 was picked up by the Japanese destroyer Arashi. After interrogating the him, they held him until dark and then took him to the fantail, split his skull open with a fire axe and tossed him overboard.
In a VS-6 (Enterprise) SBD Ensign Frank W. O'Flaherty and his radio-gunner AMM1c Bruno P. Gaido ran out of fuel after attacking the Kido Butai. They were picked up by the destroyer Makigumo. Several days after the battle and after interrogation, O'Flaherty and Gaido were bound with ropes, tied to weighted fuel cans, and then thrown overboard to drown.
Rich
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06-05-2005, 10:15 PM
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Country: | And thats just 2 stories out of about 2000 concerning murder and the Japanese..... Sad sad sad.... Ive heard more stories like that than i ever wanna remember...
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