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From: Rich Rostrom
Date: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: A thought regarding Midway invasion
From: Rich Rostrom
Date: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: A thought regarding Midway invasion
"YMC"
>However, didn't the USAAF brag openly in public that they were the ones who
>sunk the enemy carriers?
There was a huge brawl at the Royal Hawaiian
Hotel after the battle, over this very point.
Most of the B-17 crews _thought_ they scored
hits on the carriers; up at 20,000 feet they
really couldn't tell.
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| with it?" - Yitzhak Perlman |
