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ALLIED BOMBINGS REACH NEW PEAK AS 4,500 PLANES DROP 8,400 TONS (4/28/44)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 4/28/44
| Drew Middleton, Tillman Durdin, Frank L. Kluckhohn, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 04/28/2014 4:12:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: fso301; Tax-chick
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: fso301; Tax-chick; henkster; Homer_J_Simpson
There was a thread on They Were Expendable last week, which is the Hollywood version of the story of Lt. Bulkley's PT squadron. So, it's very interesting that one of the crew left behind on Mindanao has made it out.
One of the most poignant scenes in the movie is when all the boats are gone, the last going to the Army for lake duty, the two officers are ordered evacuated to train new PT crews and Lt. "Brickley" says goodbye to the men, who have been ordered into the land war. Robert Montgomery, who commanded a PT boat, gives an excellent performance.
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