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Taltarzac725
10-28-2019, 12:01 PM
VT-8 - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT-8)

Any WWII history buffs on here? Starting a discussion about the Battle of Midway in anticipation of the movie opening here in the Villages soon.

John C. Waldron - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron)
Taltarzac725
10-28-2019, 01:43 PM
Midway Trivia and Quizzes | History (https://www.funtrivia.com/ql.cfm?cat=21693)

How much do you know about the Battle of Midway?
twoplanekid
10-28-2019, 03:03 PM
Very interesting YouTube from the Japanese perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8_vO5zrjo
Taltarzac725
11-05-2019, 08:20 AM
George H. Gay Jr - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Gay_Jr).

This historical figure among many others will be in the upcoming Midway movie.
Marathon Man
11-05-2019, 03:28 PM
The youtube video is facinating. Thanks for posting.
Taltarzac725
11-05-2019, 08:06 PM
The youtube video is facinating. Thanks for posting.

I need to watch that. Did view the first few minutes but chores beckoned.
Taltarzac725
11-05-2019, 08:11 PM
Consolidated PBY Catalina - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina)

Probably will see many of these in the movie Midway (2019).
mikemalloy
11-05-2019, 09:04 PM
I am looking forward to the movie. The earlier one if you could edit out Charleston Heston and family was really entertaining. My first acquaintance with the battle came from the book War and Remembrance the follow up of Winds of War. History beats fiction because it's real.
Taltarzac725
11-05-2019, 09:56 PM
I am looking forward to the movie. The earlier one if you could edit out Charleston Heston and family was really entertaining. My first acquaintance with the battle came from the book War and Remembrance the follow up of Winds of War. History beats fiction because it's real.

Read those books and saw the series based on them.