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In keeping with the memory of the Cuban Missile Crisis which was 45 years ago this past week, a couple of video reminders, the first from Hollywood’s take (See last week for the real story. ):
And what was risked…
Oh, and a little over one year previous to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but also in October:
Because… Because you can never get enough of props: Because you can never forget your roots nor those who came before, who were tested in the crucible of the Pacific War — and prevailed: And because, well, in an age of plastic it’s worth remembering when planes (and their crews) were made of iron: Just,…
Project Cadillac (Part III) 1050L 24 Oct 1944. USS St. Lo (CVE-63) is under heavy air attack. After successfully fending off the superior surface force of VADM Takeo Kurita’s Center Force, “Taffy 3†is now defending against a surprise air attack that has lasted some 40 minutes already. One of the features of this attack…
OK, so a bit of a cop out but it serves in a pinch, especially after this kind of week…Up first, Phoreign Phantoms doing their thing to a bit of Wagner. Some vintage footage, and for those of us who spent a wee bit of time in Kef working with our RAF counterparts across the…
‘kay gang – final hours coming up here and we are rocket last (again) this year. Take a good look at the video and note the theme, ’cause if something doesn’t happen wth that total over there to starboard, next week’s issue of Flightdeck Friday will have a decidedly light (dare we say – dainty?)…
*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor (In Congress, December 8, 1941) Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and…
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Thanks for the vids, SJS…especially the latter two. As a member of the “duck and cover” generation 😯 I remember those types of vids all TOO well. And I also remember The Ol’ Man invoking the cynical but all-too-true “kiss your ass good-bye” comment when I told him about our little “crawl under the desk” exercises in grade school. Vividly.
Ditto — especially with SAC HQ a few miles down the road from us…
– SJS