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2010-05-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-05-23 03:51|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 This was the first strike on the Japanese homeland. Doolittle received the MOH for leading this mission. Brave men.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-23 09:33|| 2010-05-23 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 One of those aircraft are an old gate guard from Eglin Main.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-23 11:24|| 2010-05-23 11:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Here: No sound. Note the killing of the patrol boat early on.

Also FLAPS FTW

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-23 11:31|| 2010-05-23 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 And of course the pictures of the Japanese crewmen of that vessel are added for happy. Since of course, there wern't any.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-23 11:37|| 2010-05-23 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 ...I defy anyone who knows the story of the Raid to watch that video without getting a lump in their throat...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2010-05-23 11:43|| 2010-05-23 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 cool video. Man, that was a quick, and short, takeoff

Posted by Frank G 2010-05-23 11:59|| 2010-05-23 11:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Background. There's eight of them left.

Also responsible for the worst casting job in Hollywood history. Alec Baldwin as Jimmy Doolittle in "Pearl Harbor"

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-23 12:03|| 2010-05-23 12:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice video! Thirty seconds over Tokyo is a fairly mundane war movie but the takeoff scene is great - no music except the rising crescendo of engine noise. According to my dad, folks in the theaters stood up to cheer.

Posted by PBMcL 2010-05-23 12:40|| 2010-05-23 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Mental block. I know that music. What is it?

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-23 13:02|| 2010-05-23 13:02|| Front Page Top

#10 It's from Apollo 13. I remember because it's the last movie I saw in a theater.

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-23 13:28|| 2010-05-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Dennis the Pennis to Tom Hanks:

"Mr Hanks, Mr Hanks!!!!"
"I think Apollo 13 is the ultimate space-movie!!"
"Yes, absolutly no atmossphere what so ever!!"

Tom Hanks exits.

Posted by Black Bart Angoluck3659 2010-05-23 18:38|| 2010-05-23 18:38|| Front Page Top

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