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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Treize69 on November 15, 2006, 11:47:59 AM
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I just got these in an e-mail from my mother (who takes care of my 92 year old Great Uncle, 25+ years in the Navy and a SeaBee in WWII and Korea). These were mailed to him recently, forwarded to me this morning. Included the text from the e-mail and click the photos to enlarge, thumbnailed to save space and load time.
Never seen some of these before----must be
somebody 's private pictures they saved all this time.
These pic's are so clear....very sad....but, good that we can see them......
THE FELLOW WHO SENT THESE RECEIVED THEM FROM AN OLD SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF-11O. INTERESTING AS HE'S NEVER SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR.
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362153.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998261)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362178.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998260)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362071.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998259)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362091.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998258)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362028.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998257)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812362067.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998256)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361993.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998255)
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other half...
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361933.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998254)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361973.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998253)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361984.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998252)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361896.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998251)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361869.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998250)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361889.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998249)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/31812361816.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998248)
(http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/11/3181236179.jpg) (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3998247)
Some of them look familiar to me, but they may be of the same thing as a published photo from a different angle, I dunno.
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And the following is the rest of the text I got with the same e-mail from
my father-in-law.
Pearl Harbor
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships
were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island , where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexingtonwas ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States .)
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing a aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decid! ed to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu , he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneoheand Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours,
consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.
At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S.losses were:
Casualties
USA : 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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Battleships
USS Ari zona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans(CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco(CA38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit(CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena(CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu(CL-48) - Light Damage..
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-37 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps
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Wow...very humbling pictures.
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Only recognized the one of Cassin and Downs in front of Pennsylvania as something that's been published. The one of Oglala on it's side looks similar to a well known photo but isn't the same.
The one with all the smoke and flame from battleship row showing West Virginia and Arizona burning is amazing. Others of Arizona are amazing as well along with the one showing the Japanese(?) plane overhead.
And the best of them for me is the one showing Nevada on the move. Wow!
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing those:aok
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Yeah, I left all that off mine. Didn't think it was "unique", I could see where it had been forwarded a few times. But I usually get an WWII related forwards from anyone I know and I'd never seen that, so I figured it was worth sharing.
And if Dan hasn't seen them before, they must be unpublished. :D
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Those are spectacular and belong on display somewhere. It’s a nice touch that the developer showed the clock showing 12:20 but it’s a shame he didn’t credit himself or the photographer, unless his mark is “rr =”.
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These photos are from a hardcover book I read as a kid in the 1960's called "Day Of Infamy" by Walter Lord. If you can find it, it's an excellent account of Pearl Harbor.
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Good stuff, thanx for sharing
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I have Day of Infamy, thos aren't in it. Some are similar, maybe from the same roll, but not the same photos.
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I saw at Amazon there's a paperback you can buy of this book. The old hardcover book I read was my dad's. I've seen many of these pics before, in that book. It was printed probably in the 50's or early 60's. Big, glossy, B&W pics.
I have no idea where to find it now, probably at a used book shop? It would be worth a look for it, it's a classic.
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We're having a Pearl Harbor scenario, with a beta frame on Nov. 25th and frame 1 starting December 9th.
(http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/misc/aces_high/smaller_banner4_wtext_s2-3.jpg)
All are welcome to join. Information on the scenario is here:
http://ahevents.org/site/content/view/122/153/
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Originally posted by Brooke
We're having a Pearl Harbor scenario, with a beta frame on Nov. 25th and frame 1 starting December 9th.
(http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/misc/aces_high/smaller_banner4_wtext_s2-3.jpg)
All are welcome to join. Information on the scenario is here:
http://ahevents.org/site/content/view/122/153/
Nice subtle hijack ;)
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Good pics. Ive seen a few of them elsewhere. But actually not till a week ago when I was looking for Pearl pics.
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Very nice, Treize... thanks. :)
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Some of those photos were on this website
http://dalesdesigns.net/ph.htm
They had a special investigation on one of the local news channels about these new pictures popping up on the internet about 3 months ago. Apparently alot of people are getting these emails.
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Did you know that outta the total numbers of deaths from the Pearl Harbor attack, over half where casualties from the USS Arizona alone.
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Outstanding photo!!
Very clear and vivid..
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got that in an email today from my dad...
incredible photos