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To: fso301
Never knew Midway had mountains but there they are at the 7:42 mark.

Interesting, because Midway doesn't have mountains.

5.56mm

6 posted on 05/31/2015 11:43:21 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe
I cannot document Midway photos. However, this information and photo may be helpful: "Midway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from Hawaii up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands and known as the Hawaii-Emperor chain. Infrastructure: The atoll has some 20 miles (32 km) of roads, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) of pipelines, one port on Sand Island (World Port Index Nr. 56328, MIDWAY ISLAND), and an airfield. As of 2004, Henderson Field airfield at Midway Atoll, with its one active runway (rwy 06/24, around 8,000 feet (2,400 m) long) has been designated as an emergency diversion airport for aircraft flying under ETOPS rules. Although the FWS closed all airport operations on November 22, 2004, public access to the island was restored from March 2008.[10] Eastern Island Airstrip is a disused airfield in use by U.S. forces during the Battle of Midway. It is mostly constructed of Marsden Matting and was built by the United States Navy Seabees. Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes UTC-11 (also known as Samoa Time), eleven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and one hour behind the state of Hawaii."
10 posted on 05/31/2015 12:14:11 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: M Kehoe
Interesting, because Midway doesn't have mountains.

Well then, did someone splice some post-1942 video into the video of Ford's?

16 posted on 05/31/2015 1:29:05 PM PDT by fso301
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To: M Kehoe; UMCRevMom@aol.com
Interesting, because Midway doesn't have mountains.

Well then, did someone splice some post-1942 video into the video of Ford's? At the 10:19 mark we see a pair of quad 1.1"/75 caliber guns firing.

Per Wiki, those are firing from the carrier Hornet CV-8 in May 1942. Note the sailor sitting on the edge of the deck at the 10:19 mark in the video and on the Wiki below. Some of the other scenes of splashing Japanese planes look awfully like 1944-1945 era video.

21 posted on 05/31/2015 2:12:43 PM PDT by fso301
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