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Post by: brady on December 23, 2004, 09:23:10 AM

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(http://www.myphotodrive.com//uploads/686_271.jpg)

Title: Name This...(972)
Post by: storch on December 23, 2004, 09:32:28 AM

george h. w. bush being pulled outta the water by the crew of the USS Finback (SS 230) off of chichi-jima..... OR some guy with a bad case of dysentery being helped by concerned crew members.  the cook will swing for this.  OR it's John R. Galvin being rescued by the crew of the USS Harder (SS 257) Commanded by Cdr. Sam Dealy

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Post by: Tilt on December 23, 2004, 10:43:38 AM

USS Tang?

or

USS Skate (October 43?)


Neither of the above


its the USS Gar (SS 206)

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Post by: Pongo on December 23, 2004, 11:58:43 AM

I think Bush was alone in his raft. The rest of the crew went down with his plane when he bailed.

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Post by: Karnak on December 23, 2004, 01:11:00 PM

I thought he ditched.

I know that at least one of his crew died, but I was under the impression that it was due to wounds sustained when the aircraft was hit.


What shot him down anyways?  Does anybody actually know?

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Post by: pugg666 on December 23, 2004, 01:15:38 PM

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What shot him down anyways? Does anybody actually know?

He said in an interview a couple of years ago that it was AAA that downed him.

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Post by: SunTracker on December 23, 2004, 01:33:45 PM

His TBM got hit on the bombrun.  He dropped his bombs and turned out to sea on fire.  One crew member was splattered all over the TBM, the other bailed out and his chute didnt open.

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Post by: SonHiro on December 23, 2004, 04:02:33 PM

I believe thats an inflatable dinghy

DING DING DING We Have A Winner!

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Post by: brady on December 24, 2004, 12:29:19 AM

USS Tang, it is:)

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Post by: Tilt on January 02, 2005, 06:31:11 AM

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Originally posted by brady
USS Tang, it is:)

http://www.subvets.com/subleague/articles/gar.html

These folk think it was the Gar

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Post by: brady on January 02, 2005, 11:47:09 AM

My referance states that the above image is a still from a 16mm film that was shot by Enginering Officer Bill Walsh on the USS Tang, while rescuing downed airmen at Truck, though the above image is not the same as is shown on p.173 in the Book Clear the Bridge, the two are simmilar enough to sugest a frame further along in the film though.