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Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: muckmaw on April 24, 2003, 02:02:28 PM
Very good program, great CGI....just started at 3pm EST on the History Channel
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: Martlet on April 24, 2003, 02:26:07 PM
cool, thanks.
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: Otto on April 24, 2003, 02:44:49 PM
Are they still trying to kill him...??  Wow!!!
Title: But it wasn't an assasination
Post by: Syzygyone on April 24, 2003, 03:07:10 PM
It was a legitimate attack on a legitimate military target.
Assasination insinuates sneaking around.  THe US attacked a valid military target out in the open!
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: udet on April 24, 2003, 03:11:03 PM
muck, the show just before it was even better: The V-3 how Joe Kennedy died
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: Syzygyone on April 24, 2003, 03:15:19 PM
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Originally posted by udet
muck, the show just before it was even better: The V-3 how Joe Kennedy died


Do tell dude.  I know he was flyin a stipped down buff and it just blew up but I'd like to hear details!
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: 2stony on April 24, 2003, 03:16:02 PM
I had the opportunity to meet Rex Barber a few years ago and I know have his autograph on the inside of my flight jacket(along with about 30 others). Rex died about two years ago in Oregon.

:)
Title: The Assasination of Yamamoto on History Channel NOW!
Post by: udet on April 24, 2003, 03:22:17 PM
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Originally posted by Syzygyone
Do tell dude.  I know he was flyin a stipped down buff and it just blew up but I'd like to hear details!


they were trying to blow up V-2 and V-3 sites  (V-3 was a big primitive rail-gun) with radio controlled B24s loaded with explosives. Joe and another guy were flying one such B24 and were supposed to bail out over England, upon which the plane would be radio-controlled from an accompanying bomber to the target. Unfortunately, it blew up prematurely,  killing them.