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Offline Ammo

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WWII Trivia in the Pacific
« on: September 20, 2003, 12:57:06 AM »
Who were these people and how did they influence the war?

Zenji Abe, Takayoshi Morinaga, Richard Fiske, Ken Taylor, Melvin Grant, Roy Stork, Nobuo Furuiye, Hal Bnawn, Alonzo Swann, Jack Lucas, Kate Grant, Hal Nuernberg, Jeanne Dolan, Saneaki Nakamura, Harunorl Ohkoshi, Shigeaki Kinjo, Kenjiro Mitsuoka, Yoshihiro Minamoto, Akio Sakita, Paul Tibbets, Kie Kavai, Yoshihiro Minamoto, Akio Sakita, .

What do these terms mean to the Japanese?
A,B,C,Ds and Kami

When were the following campains secured?
Midway, Guadalcanal, Aleutians, Tarawa, Marshall Islands, Bougainville, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Leyte Gulf, Peleliu, Corregidor, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

How many Americans died at Peril Harbor?

Approximately how many Japanese died when the first Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

Approximately how many Japanese died when the second Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?

Approximately how many American military lives were lost in the Pacific during WWII?

Approximately how many Japanese lost their lives in the Pacific during WWII?

It is estimated that nearly how many men, women, and children lost their lives as a result of WWII?

Come to the World War Two Convention @: http://www.WorldWarTwoGamers.com and you will know all the answers provided by: Steven Spielberg, Steven Ambrose, and Tom Hanks on Saturday night's dinner and a Documentary.
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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2003, 01:28:42 AM »
Each US fleet in the Pacific had a ship that's only purpose was to make ice cream.



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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2003, 04:54:57 AM »
yummy! ice cream!
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2003, 04:58:40 AM »
So wheres Peril Harbor?

Is that near extremely perilous city?

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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2003, 05:07:10 AM »
Next to the Perilous sea.
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2003, 08:49:32 AM »
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Each US fleet in the Pacific had a ship that's only purpose was to make ice cream.



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And these said ships had serious issues with a certain plague carrying rodent...
 Funny you never hear of anyone braging they served on the icecream ship during the war... Or who's poop list did you have to be on to get stuck on the rodent ship..
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2003, 04:16:30 PM »
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Originally posted by Ammo
Come to the World War Two Convention @: http://www.WorldWarTwoGamers.com and you will know all the answers provided by: Steven Spielberg, Steven Ambrose, and Tom Hanks on Saturday night's dinner and a Documentary.


Wish I could make it. That dinner alone would be worth it.
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