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The Doolittle Raiders Did a Lot
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| 17 April
| Bob Greene
Posted on 04/18/2022 10:45:28 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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Monday is the 80th anniversary of the raid.
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:45:28 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Wow. God must have loved the United States to send such men to populate it.
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:48:38 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: DUMBGRUNT
They were an amazing group of men. I have a map of the raid, signed by a handful of Raiders, that was given to my grandfather aboard the Hornet shortly before they launched.
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:51:35 AM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:52:21 AM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Unbelievable courage.
Too bad that their sacrifice is being thrown away today by our "leaders".
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:53:28 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: DUMBGRUNT
Between you and me, it was amazing those B25s launched from a carrier could get off the deck.
Why?
Mitchell and his men had cojones the size of bowling balls.
5.56mm
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:54:28 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: jjotto
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:55:27 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: ConservaTexan
I have a map of the raid, signed by a handful of Raiders, that was given to my grandfather aboard the Hornet shortly before they launched.
That is very cool. What a piece of history!
There are moments in war where a propaganda victory outweighs any tactical calculation or effect and the Doolittle Raid was perhaps the biggest example.
It was a huge blow to the psyche of Japan and the psychological damage (and boost to the US) did far more than a thousand times the tonnage of mobs could have.
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:56:31 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:57:26 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: M Kehoe
Not so much balls as careful engineering, and practice. They did it because the knew they could do it.
To: DUMBGRUNT
I was stationed at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA in 1985. I found out that General Doolittle lived next door in Carmel, CA.
I managed to find a number and called his aide to setup an interview for our little company paper.
Long story short, we (me and sidekick) got to talk to General Doolittle for little more than an hour. Of course he told the story about the raid, which I'm sure he had told thousands of times before that day, in addition to other things. It was quite the experience.
This pic of General Doolittle getting his fourth star was hanging on his wall
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posted on
04/18/2022 10:58:22 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(GoFundMe is a Democrat Scam)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:00:15 AM PDT
by
devane617
(RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Truly the greatest generation. Thank you to all WWII vets.
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:00:34 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(we are not a democracy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The Doolittle Raid was the subject of a Jeopardy! question last week. None of the contestants could guess the capital the Raiders bombed.
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:01:24 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: ConservaTexan
—”They were an amazing group of men.”
“Uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
AND NOT JUST ON IWO.
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:01:39 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: VeniVidiVici
Doolittle was THE definition of “the right stuff” in my opinion.
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:02:15 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
To: Sans-Culotte
—” None of the contestants could guess the capital the Raiders bombed.”
That makes my heart sink.
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:03:11 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: llevrok
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:03:28 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(GoFundMe is a Democrat Scam)
To: VeniVidiVici
Great picture of real Americans.
How did Arizona go from a Barry Goldwater to a Juan McStain?
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:03:57 AM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
04/18/2022 11:07:09 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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