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Glad to see these. grandfather flew in the 405th green dragons. He never wanted to talk about. I now get to see why. Thank you for all of you post it helps some of us fill some blanks
My day spent most of WW2 in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines, His artillery unit 148TH from Coeur D'Alene Idaho spent a lot of their tour in New Britain ! Very tough fighting for many years.He often spoke of B25s and P38s. the unit eventually finished their tour in the Philippines . I sure miss his stories!!
Ello, in your description you mistakenly refer to the .50 caliber machine guns as 50mm, just a taaaad bit larger than they really are. If you would like to still give the measurement in mm it would be 12.7mm
Ha funny thing, you need to know that SHOUTING is rude on the web and narrator has the letter r twice. That's my stone thrown for today back to my glass house.
This has been discussed at length on other films. During World World War 2 it was pronounced both ways. It was first used by the Germans in WW1 for ground attack “From German strafe (“punish”) (a conjugated form of strafen), from phrases like "Gott strafe England" ("God punish England") which the British saw during the First World War.” A as in “ah”
You have a dirty mind! I am trying to enjoy my evening here and all I know is that the United States Army Air Service fought in the South Pacific. Nasty nasty nasty nasty.
Your purchases at our DVD store make this channel possible!
Get this film & much more on our new "Behind the Scenes in World War 2 Volume 6 DVD" bit.ly/2VNZOHR
Glad to see these. grandfather flew in the 405th green dragons. He never wanted to talk about. I now get to see why. Thank you for all of you post it helps some of us fill some blanks
You are welcomed !
Thank you for the video. Brings it home with the post script about Capt. Manders.
Perhaps in those days it just means they were asked about their sorties against the Japanese.
My day spent most of WW2 in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines, His artillery unit 148TH from Coeur D'Alene Idaho spent a lot of their tour in New Britain ! Very tough fighting for many years.He often spoke of B25s and P38s. the unit eventually finished their tour in the Philippines . I sure miss his stories!!
Ello, in your description you mistakenly refer to the .50 caliber machine guns as 50mm, just a taaaad bit larger than they really are. If you would like to still give the measurement in mm it would be 12.7mm
God Bless all who’ve served our Great a Country. Because of them we are able to celebrate our Independence Day under freedom !
My Dad flew a B-25 in the 69th Bombardment Group against Rabaul during this time period.
Read the book "Air Apaches" by Jay Stout; available on Amazon. Fantastic stories. My friend's Dad was a pilot in this outfit.
The October 1943 missions against Rabaul are covers in detail👍
@@ZenosWarbirds Your videos are incredible! Thanks for uploading them!
Great book!!
Interesting. My father-in-law mentioned Rabaul a lot. It was a PITA to the US Navy until taken out.
God bless those brave young men.
Think how many haiku were written about these raids.
I’ll bet “IL-2 1946” players can relate to this.
RAAF were also there
To Whom It May Concern = Parafrag.
Thank you.
Those balls coming at them are tracer rounds, there are 4 others that aren't for every one.
Very brave men, indeed. 🇺🇸
THE NARATOR NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE STRAFED
Ha funny thing, you need to know that SHOUTING is rude on the web and narrator has the letter r twice. That's my stone thrown for today back to my glass house.
This has been discussed at length on other films. During World World War 2 it was pronounced both ways. It was first used by the Germans in WW1 for ground attack
“From German strafe (“punish”) (a conjugated form of strafen), from phrases like "Gott strafe England" ("God punish England") which the British saw during the First World War.” A as in “ah”
You have a dirty mind!
I am trying to enjoy my evening here and all I know is that the United States Army Air Service fought in the South Pacific.
Nasty nasty nasty nasty.
"Straaf?" Curious: Why were we bombing Guadalcanal at this time? Sounds like we were attacking ourselves like in Catch 22.
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