How America won the battle of Midway, when they shouldn’t have.
Great documentary.
ht/ js
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That’s a hell of a history lesson! Those guys make our current generations look like wimps.
A good book on this to read is called “Shattered Sword” written by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully, John B. Lundstrom.
I’m into the second volume of Toll’s 3 volume account of the war in the Pacific-it’s riveting and well written. After Pearl Harbor, we were hanging on by a thread. Midway was of of those The Good Lord was Watching Out for America.
It’s why in the back of my mind I think, we have a man like President Trump at this time, with the scum beyond belief who would crash this country for power, who will, by his will & our prayers, kick their asses.
The key to this battle was fantastic timing and blind luck coupled with the incredible courage and sacrifice of the torpedo bombers.
They drew the CAP (Combat Air Patrol) down to wavetop level as the high flying U.S. dive bombers arrived to blast the carriers which were loaded with un-stowed munitions on the hanger deck (and they had poor battle damage control systems). Turned them into funeral pyres.
I’ve been seeing that same video showing up in the list of suggested videos on YT.
I thought it was because for the past couple of months I have been looking at webpages, and videos about WW1,WW2, sea battle in the north Atlantic to deliver lend-lease war materials into Murmansk. Watching movies made in America, Britain and Russia.
And the recovery from the Barents Sea after 70+ years in the sea & restoration to working order of some M4 Sherman tanks from the convoy ship SS Thomas Donaldson, sunk by a u-boat about two months before the end of the war.
Guess the Midway video is being pushed by YT no matter what type of videos people have been viewing. Ahead of the battle dates of June 4 ~ 7.
Our Country’s greatest generation will never be seen again. I thank them for their selfless sacrifice that made it possible for me to live as I do.
Read “With the Old Breed” by E.B. Sledge to get a handle on what went on in the south pacific in those days. It’ll make you stand up and take notice of what Americans did to preserve our freedom.
imagine the basement dwelling video gamers being raised
today sacrificing their lives for the greater good of the USA ?
they don’t have safe spaces in combat
Those were the days.
Great Documentary. It was an exciting battle, and the fact that we are a nation of ‘tinkerers’ that could hobble together and repair a craft and then kick their asses…. amazes me. Thank God for those people. Truly the greatest generation.
I frequently watch that sort of documentary. I stumbled on that one yesterday and shared it with others. It is a fan favorite.
Fortunately, Ray took my advice.
There was a lot of squabbling, but superior intellect prevailed (MY superior intellect).
In wars sometimes victories are won against all odds. To believe the victory was just coincidence of lucky timing would require as much faith as believing the victor was controlled by divine intervention. I’d rather put my faith is a creator that controls the fates of men than in coincidence.
Blink, “I’d rather put my faith is a creator that controls the fates of men than in coincidence.”
Very true. What people who don’t believe in God being active in our lives and the world don’t understand is that, what seems coincidence to them, are really answers to prayers.
I had a good friend who flew F-4-F Wildcats with his buddy Butch O’Hare from Chicago off of the USS HORNET in the battle of Midway. It was documented that upon landing on the carrier from one of their sorties he came back with 172 bullet holes in his aircraft. His claim to fame was that he had been “Shot Up, but never Shot Down”!
He also was assigned to be the technical advisor on the movie 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO. A salute to LCDR H. Allen Fairbanks
The movie from the 1970’s was also very good. I think Henry Fonda played Nimitz.
Of course, they had to inject a goofy love story into it. Love stories are the hobgoblins of Hollywood war movies. Warriors don’t get too much romance anyhow, and it’s usually in the form of “wham bam thank you ma’am….there’s a fiver on the dresser for ya. Bye!”, which is not what most people would call romantic.
My father was stationed on Midway Island at the end of the war. He was a young Marine who worked on F-4U Corsairs with VMF-322. A year or so ago, I found a treasure trove of photos in a cigar box of him during his time there. I wish you could all see them. They are amazing.