CTH:
Long time Treehouse friend Zurich Mike asked some interesting questions earlier. Perhaps there are intervals, metaphors per se’, when we see history repeat.
Consider the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
In June 1945 the Indianapolis received orders to undertake a top-secret mission of the utmost significance to national security. The objective was to proceed to Tinian island carrying the enriched uranium (about half of the world’s supply of uranium-235 at the time) and other parts required for the assembly of the atomic bomb codenamed “Little Boy”, which would be dropped on Hiroshima a few weeks later. more
I just hope that those delivering the critical components today don’t end up like the crew of the USS Indianapolis did in 1945.
The fate of the Indianapolis is not mentioned.
Is this a hint Sundance?
“I just hope that those delivering the critical components today don’t end up like the crew of the USS Indianapolis did in 1945.”
Well said Al. And the longer they wait——
The Indianapolis was sunk by Torpedos. The crew had 5 minutes notice to abandon ship,
Most of the crew was shark food.
Another factor not mentioned was that in 1945 time was critical, there was an absolute need to accomplish the task as quickly as possible. That doesn’t seem to be the case with the Durham Project. If this isn’t wrapped up before Christmas we can just finish in 2021.
Anyone else notice, the weirdness over at CTH is well, just weird?
The cryptic password that wasn’t really a password protected secret for Treepers eyes only, travel related covert ops (actually is a compilation of SDs research just rejiggered w/the intent for readers to “get the word out to friends pyramid style), the Tony Robbins-esque Be Your Best lingo….
I don’t discount SDs past contributions on many, many important topics. He’s been my go-to source for many years, but I’m getting a creepy cultish feeling and worry many followers are in for a major letdown.
Thoughts?
The captain made very bad decisions. His guilt for the loss of lives overcame him and he committed suicide in the 1960’s.
I read about the men screaming as sharks caught them and pulled them under. A terrible tragedy for all.
For them, and millions of others (including our allies), we owe our freedom. The millenials, for the most part, have no clue about these sacrifices.
If we want uranium today we’d need to buy it from Putin. Ain’t that correct Hillary?
timbuktu….sadly years after his death he was completely exonerated and his rank was restored albeit posthumously some kid in HS did a moster eport on it and actually had the comander of the submarine that fired the torpedoes testify here in the states that no matter what the Capt did he had him dead to rights once you are in the crosshairs you are done check out the book “in harms way” its all in the book interviews with the survivors the capt followed protocol he was just the scapegoat and offed himself after years n years of receiving hate mail
BY THE BLUE BALLS OF LORD BUDDAH THIS ARTICLE IS INSANE.
No one else noticed the abrupt derail? Talking bout’ a ship that got sunk with nearly a thousand lives lost…. and then somehow comparing it to a bullet headed bald guy with some paperwork.
See, I like writing. I appreciate the skill it takes to craft readable crap. So when I see someone RAPE A DEFENSELESS CONCEPT ON A PINBALL MACHINE IN THE BACK OF A BAR IN BROAD DAYLIGHT it irks me.
Because me writing this is EXACTLY like Winston Churchill swatting Me-109s out of the sky like Godzilla during the battle of britain.
Hey Quint.
How did you get that scar?
twas a budget battle on capitol hill….stray piece of paper grazed me shin….sent me to the hospital for weeks at taxpayer expense
If this was offered as an analogy it missed the mark. If as a metaphor, again, swing and a miss.
Durham is not on a secret mission. He is (hopefully) talking to people and looking at documents. Documents he has to ask for, and questions that will be remembered by those he asked. We may not have any idea what he is up to, the people he is getting information from damn sure do.
Wouldn’t take a very sharp investigator to go behind him and talk to the same people he does. Then his strategy should become obvious as to the focus of his investigation.
Then again, I see this as just more Beltway Drama. I can see why some people need this though. They just refuse to believe the rule of law is dead. Don’t know what level of stench from the corpse will be required for proof for them.
Recommended books about the USS Indianapolis incident:
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man (2018)
by by Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373560-indianapolis .
Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
by Edgar Harrell, David Harrell
(A first hand account by Marine Edgar Harrell, was was stationed on the ship, to guard the a-bomb, and one of the survivors of the five days in the sea after the ship was sunk.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18652836-out-of-the-depths .
The failure of the crew to be rescued days earlier is one of the greatest coverups by US Navy command in history.
Are the top command again neglecting their duty to detect a disaster, and respond in a timely manner correctly with the urgency required?
[and obtw, the ship was found in I think 2017, and its condition verified the CO’s statements of how fast it sank]
What Aaron Burr said. Sounds like Sundance is huffing Q glue up in the treehouse with Pepe Silvia. What is it the Q people call themselves…autists?
Autists? Well, I don’t care how much they paint, still don’t mean they’re gay.
if anyone’s interested …. there’s a webinar on tomorrow, from the WWII Museum, 11:00 AM (Central Time) on the U.S.S. Indianapolis
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_seCGvGtnShWudhM-2mwdTg
(I have the book by the authors who will be interviewed … good, investigative read about the full mission of the ship)