"The Glorious 4th June" Topic
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Shagnasty  | 04 Jun 2014 10:47 a.m. PST |
Midway, the greatest 5 minutes in naval history. Hail and honor those who conceived, fought and died for this victory. |
| John the OFM | 04 Jun 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
Time to go back and re-read my copy of Herman Wouk's War and Remembrance. He lists the names of the men in the torpedo squadrons that were wiped out, to a man.
It is like reading the Iliad and the Catalog of ships, with the shaman chanting the names of the honored dead.
I do not skip over the names, I read each one. I seem to remember that Morison did the same in his history of Midway. |
| Texas Jack | 04 Jun 2014 11:57 a.m. PST |
Even though it is a bit outdated, I still love Lord´s Incredible Victory. It was the first "grown up" history book I ever read. Shattered Sword was really amazing, but it doesn´t give me warm fuzzies like Lord´s work.
And on topic, those were indeed some brave guys who went into that fight. |
| Sundance | 04 Jun 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
Torpedo 8 – awesome book. |
| mjkerner | 04 Jun 2014 12:44 p.m. PST |
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ponders nirvana.