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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Meatwad on November 15, 2006, 08:01:37 PM

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Meatwad on November 15, 2006, 08:01:37 PM

Here is a pretty neat image I just scanned from the book. Caption is as follows

An attack by a Japanese dive bomber on march 19, 1945 turns the flight deck of the U.S.S. Franklin into an inferno of flame and flying debris.

Looks like the mast got it right as the picture was snapped

(http://webpages.charter.net/markbone/franklins1.jpg)

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: FiLtH on November 16, 2006, 08:58:19 AM

One of the best things about this game is the interest in ww2 history it puts in players.

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Angus on November 16, 2006, 09:23:55 AM

Yep, you have some really well read-up guys on the forum.
Guppy & Widewing can fish up just about anything, and there are many others .....

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Irwink! on November 16, 2006, 09:35:59 AM

I rremember seeing the Franklin being cut down for scrap at a local scrapyard when I was a kid. That really bothered me as I knew how hard her crew fought to save her and how many never made it home.

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: MiloMorai on November 16, 2006, 10:41:37 AM

Photo of ship  in NY showing damage, http://www.skylighters.org/potw/pow08052002.html

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Maverick on November 16, 2006, 11:57:44 AM

The Franklin was a grand ship with a valiant crew. She and her crew refused to give up and returned to the States. In a way she deserved better than the scrap yard but the war was almost over then and many other ships joined her before too many years passed.

to the Franklin and her crew, all of them, including those lost from her decks.

Title: Re: The Carrier War
Post by: Mickey1992 on November 16, 2006, 12:10:01 PM

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Originally posted by Meatwad
Looks like the mast got it right as the picture was snapped

Skylighters is a cool website.  Check out this pic taken just as a bomb hits a CV.

http://www.skylighters.org/potw/pow12232002.html

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: cav58d on November 16, 2006, 12:16:03 PM

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Originally posted by MiloMorai
Photo of ship  in NY showing damage, http://www.skylighters.org/potw/pow08052002.html

wow...That picture almost makes me feel sick...It's a great testiment to how well these ships were built, but even more importantly, how well their crews were built

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Ripsnort on November 16, 2006, 12:35:10 PM

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Originally posted by Maverick
The Franklin was a grand ship with a valiant crew. She and her crew refused to give up and returned to the States. In a way she deserved better than the scrap yard but the war was almost over then and many other ships joined her before too many years passed.

to the Franklin and her crew, all of them, including those lost from her decks.

The vigilance you speak of depicts the very nature of your typical American serviceman/woman.

Title: The Carrier War
Post by: Airscrew on November 16, 2006, 12:44:10 PM

not just the photos either,  you should read some of the articles

http://www.skylighters.org/photos/berry/article2.html