Brave ass mugs there. Inventive too. Though WWII was unkind -- bourbonstreet 04/02/2018 8:39PM The Ranger must have been in the Atlantic? I hadn't heard of it, and I -- Late 80s Hokie 04/03/2018 07:27AMInsert a Link
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History buffs, on this date in 1942, the USS Hornet sailed from ........... -- F4EHokie 04/02/2018 2:18PM Brave ass mugs there. Inventive too. Though WWII was unkind -- bourbonstreet 04/02/2018 8:39PM The Ranger must have been in the Atlantic? I hadn't heard of it, and I -- Late 80s Hokie 04/03/2018 07:27AM My Dad was the navigator on the USS Hornet in early 60's..... -- BusLoadaBozos 04/02/2018 6:08PM That was a different USS Hornet. -- Hokie360 04/02/2018 7:56PM Both built at Newport News Shipbuilding, IIRC ** -- Cloverly Hokie 04/02/2018 8:16PM Didn't they know you can't fly land based bombers off a carrier? ** -- Hokie360 04/02/2018 5:53PM Well, that was the conventional wisdom................... -- F4EHokie 04/02/2018 6:03PM Was rocket assisted take-off even a thought in 1942? ** -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 8:20PM Nope, completely stripped B-25, broomstick handles disguised as guns,.... -- F4EHokie 04/02/2018 8:23PM I know they used 5 inch artillery shells to catapult -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 9:20PM San Fran? I thought it was Shangri-La :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 04/02/2018 3:46PM Me 2. When the Japs asked where the planes came from, somesone said the -- AZHokie59 04/02/2018 3:51PM FDR said that. ** -- Hokie360 04/02/2018 5:04PM Thank you, forgot that.:) ** -- AZHokie59 04/02/2018 8:23PM Those guys had a pair of steel ones, especially considering the 1 way -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 2:47PM Yes they did! What a USA morale boost. Last surviving member, Dick Cole -- bearvt 04/02/2018 4:31PM Dick Cole's son lives at Smith Mountain Lake. ** -- F4EHokie 04/02/2018 5:40PM Yep, but what they did was epic! ** -- DonHo-kieHi 04/02/2018 3:46PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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