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18 April 1942 (Read 2324 times)
Reply #15 -
Oct 22
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olderndirt wrote
on Oct 22
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, 2009 at 10:26am:
Some of your glasses are half FULL and others half EMPTY. Wars were never won with half EMPTY glasses.
Certainly not...
half the troops requested, half the ammo wanted -- but half empty glasses do not a good molotov cocktail make.
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Reply #16 -
Oct 24
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H wrote
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The Ruptured Duck wrote
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Can you guess where I got my SimV Alias?
The source isn't a problem, it's the keybord vs keyboard operator: the "u" and the "i" are right next to each other and the resultant typo doesn't produce the intended result when I try to type out your screen name.
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If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.
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Reply #17 -
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Several members have voiced a negative opinion of the movie Pearl Harbor, but I liked it. I thought the graphics were outstanding and the acting good. From what I've read, it depicted the Doolittle raid close to accurate except maybe for the end of the mission. In any event, we owe our freedoms to those men and many like them that served in WW1 & WWII. My Dad may not have been in the heat of the action, but no battles would have been won without supply and support. And he was in some dangerous situations, like flying the 'hump' in bad weather with engine trouble. They had to turn around, get it repaired and go again.
If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.
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patchz wrote
on Oct 24
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, 2009 at 10:38am:
Several members have voiced a negative opinion of the movie Pearl Harbor, but I liked it. I thought the graphics were outstanding and the acting good. From what I've read, it depicted the Doolittle raid close to accurate except maybe for the end of the mission.
I haven't seen the film so can't comment on the acting or graphics. I think what people are complaining about is the way that Hollywood screenwriters rewrite history in an attempt to make things more interesting/exciting for the general public.* I never understood why this is necessary as surely the true story is dramatic & exciting enough without any embellishment. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" released in 1970 is an excellent film & generally considered to be more accurate so I really don't see why Pearl Harbor was necessary anyway.
*For example; I believe that the film somehow included the Battle of Britain which took place over 2 years previously & had no direct connection with the title subject.
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patchz wrote
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, 2009 at 10:38am:
the movie Pearl Harbor
"Pearl Harbor" - Kate Beckinsale - I'm in love
.
THIS IS NOT A PANAM CLIPPER
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Reply #20 -
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olderndirt wrote
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patchz wrote
on Oct 24
th
, 2009 at 10:38am:
the movie Pearl Harbor
"Pearl Harbor" - Kate Beckinsale - I'm in love
.
Yeah, and Jaime King too.
If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.
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Reply #21 -
Oct 26
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Doolittles' plane crashed in China after he bailed out. I read somewhere that he thought he would get in trouble over losing the planes. I've also heard rumors in various articles over the years that the plane that landed in Russia still exists. Anyone know anything about that?
Happy Simming,
Jim
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