The Battle Of Midway (1942) 74 Years Ago Today

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBw0r28qC0
Published: Jun 3, 2016
Author: US Navy
Post Date: 2016-06-03 20:28:26 by Stoner
Views: 3619

Lest we forget.

Click on the link for the video, which was filmed by US Navy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBw0r28qC0

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#1: calcon    To: Stoner (#0)

You need to go to the history channel and see if you can still watch Enterprise 360, Enterprise. There's a number of hours and highlights the amazing record of the carrier Enterprise as it fought in every battle for the pacific.

Just friggin amazing what these guys went through

(hell it was so good i bought the disks.)

calcon posted on 2016-06-03 20:38:17   Reply   Private Reply


#2: BorisY    To: calcon (#1)

It
was
mentioned
on
the
FR

the
avenger
torpedo
bomber
was
a
WWI
plane

with
its
top
wing
taken
off

the
japanese
were
in
shock
when
they
were
attacked

the
American
' kamakazi '

keep
America
strong
great
again

love
boris

BorisY posted on 2016-06-03 20:54:29   Reply   Private Reply


#3: tpaine    To: Stoner (#0)

Lest we forget.

I never will.

I was just old enough (5) to remember Pearl Harbor, and then started to hear names like Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Midway, Coral Sea, etc..

By the time the war ended, I was a real geography nut, and still am.

tpaine posted on 2016-06-03 21:05:52   Reply   Private Reply


#4: nativist nationalist    To: BorisY (#2)

the avenger torpedo bomber was a WWI plane

I believe you're thinking of the TBD Devastator? Actually entered service in 1936, but in 6 years the design had become dated.

nativist nationalist posted on 2016-06-03 21:15:30   Reply   Private Reply


#5: Stoner    To: tpaine (#3)

" I was just old enough (5) to remember Pearl Harbor "

Wow. That was before my time. I did have a cousin killed at Pearl Harbor, and had an uncle that was on a destroyer at Midway & Coral Sea. He would not talk much about it. Although he might relate something funny that happened, or talk about getting boxes of cookies, or cornbread from home. Those guys really went through it.

Stoner posted on 2016-06-03 21:44:46   Reply   Private Reply


#6: Stoner    To: calcon (#1)

" Enterprise 360 "

If you click on the link to youtube, there are a number of secondary videos listed. There is one about the Enterprise. It might be the one you are referring to, I don't know. I am getting ready to watch it now. I remember when I was a kid, there was a weekly TV show called "The Big Picture". I think that was what it was called. It was clips like the you tube videos about WWII. I always watched it, very interesting, and informative.

Stoner posted on 2016-06-03 21:52:29   Reply   Private Reply


#7: tpaine    To: Stoner (#5)

That was before my time. I did have a cousin killed at Pearl Harbor,

I had a bunch of older cousins that served in WWII,but only one who was shot down over Germany.

I served with a lot of WWII vets in the mid 50's (they were our top NCO's), who enjoyed scaring us troops with war stories whenever a cold war 'crisis' developed.

Those were the days...

tpaine posted on 2016-06-03 22:03:03   Reply   Private Reply


#8: tpaine    To: Stoner (#6)

there was a weekly TV show called "The Big Picture". I think that was what it was called. It was clips like the you tube videos about WWII. I always watched it, very interesting, and informative.

The best WWII documentary series ever made was 'Victory at Sea'..

Bar none, and I've seen most of them...

tpaine posted on 2016-06-03 22:07:53   Reply   Private Reply


#9: Stoner    To: tpaine (#8)

" 'Victory at Sea'."

Yeah, I've seen some of those. Yes, very good.

Stoner posted on 2016-06-03 22:53:47   Reply   Private Reply


#10: calcon    To: Stoner (#6)

there was a weekly TV show called "The Big Picture".

We're getting old man, I remember that and "victory at sea", black and white but really good stuff.

I spent one saturday or sunday afternoon with my 12 year old watching some of the older black and white monster movies and he absolutely loved them. What a surprise, I told him once that that super computer he was watching was a sparkler in a box. He said so what, the storyline is great.

calcon posted on 2016-06-04 17:41:18   Reply   Private Reply


#11: Stoner    To: calcon (#10)

" We're getting old man "

Yeah, tell me about it.

I couldn't tell you how many movies have watched with my kids. When I tell them that I saw the movie when it first came out, you should see the look on their faces. LOL

Stoner posted on 2016-06-04 19:49:12   Reply   Private Reply