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    Seriously, these are some of the best tales I've heard EVER on the web.

    Excellent work, my friends.

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    You may have already seen this, but here's an article with excerpts from the diary of a sailor aboard the USS Yorktown during WWII. https://flip.it/-OzYMl
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    You may have already seen this, but here's an article with excerpts from the diary of a sailor aboard the USS Yorktown during WWII. https://flip.it/-OzYMl
    Thanks Mike, the National Interest is one of my go-to sources although I sometimes disagree with their findings...This sailor's service was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10), renamed from its original Bonhomme Richard moniker to commemorate the loss of USS Yorktown (CV-5) which was made battle ready in 48 hours following its near sinking at the Battle of Coral Sea, only to be lost permanently at the Battle of Midway...The new Yorktown avenged that loss many times over before the Japanese surrender thanks to the efforts of sailors such as Ed Reynolds......Ben
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    I've talked of war correspondents in the past, but today I learned about Walter Cronkite's experiences in WWII...As talked about by The History Guy below, he was present aboard the USS Texas (BB-35) during it's fire support mission in Operation Torch...He also managed to wrangle a ride on one of the battleship's scout aircraft as the Texas neared Norfolk Virginia, giving United Press a scoop with the first uncensored reports from North Africa before the other correspondents arrived...He later flew aboard B-17's over Germany on bombing missions, and even manned a machine gun firing at Luftwaffe fighters...

    "And that's the way it was"......Ben

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    Horrendous casualty numbers of airborne on D-Day —

    https://www.realclearhistory.com/art...mandy_379.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    Horrendous casualty numbers of airborne on D-Day —
    It was a massacre...Many of those who drowned in the marshes created when the Germans flooded the fields are still there, their bodies never recovered......Ben
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