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To: Dubya

In this aerial photo taken by the Japanese, you can see the oil pouring out of the battleships Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arizona, and Nevada and the repair ship Vestal, with the West Virginia and Oklahoma already showing signs of capsizing due to their torpedo hits. The crew of the West Virginia managed to counter-flood and sink the ship on an even keel, but the Oklahoma was so severely mauled that she capsized before any countermeasures could be put into place.

Minutes after this photo was taken, a horizontal bomber dropped a 1,760-pound bomb (actually a finned naval artillery shell) into the forward ammunition magazine of the Arizona, ripping her apart and sending her down with 1,177 of her crew.

13 posted on 12/04/2008 7:10:35 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.-Robert E.Lee)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

If you look carefully at the photo, you can see the concentric concussion rings around the wounded battleships caused by the torpedo hits.


25 posted on 12/04/2008 8:11:38 PM PST by henkster (It's time for a conservative "long march through the institutions.")
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