There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
No, Did I say something that gave that impression? I haven't built any models since my early teens and I am fairly certain it was a B-29.
Wheels
wheels, brain fart as I meant to say F4U. :duh :blush : :
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
No, Did I say something that gave that impression? I haven't built any models since my early teens and I am fairly certain it was a B-29.
Wheels
wheels, brain fart as I meant to say F4U. :duh :blush : :
I did years ago. I have a 1/350 Academy model of Indy now but I don't plan on building it until I can do it right.
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
USS Ringness (APD-100) came across a raft with a few men who were barely clinging to life. Only Felton Outland and Giles McCoy were still conscious.
"I remember when I got on board the Ringness, I was "Mr. Macho"...I was a tough Marine. Anyhow, I came up with the idea that I could walk... I stood up and my legs gave out and I fell right flat on my face. I couldn't get up, so I remember I turned on my side and kissed the deck." - Survivor Giles McCoy
The five men on McCoy and Outland's raft were the last Indianapolis survivors pulled from the water.
McCoy passed in 2009, Outland in 2016.
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
There is no way to describe how amazing those guys are (were). I would have wet myself just thinking about the boat going down much less trying to survive in the aftermath.
Previously unreleased video on the second anniversary of the discovery of Indianapolis' final resting place. Seeing the radio room where my cousin worked..... no words.
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
51 years ago yesterday, November 6th, 1968, Captain Charles B McVay took his own life, the last victim of the USS Indianapolis sinking.
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
I remember walking through Union Station in Cincinnati and seeing a man in a wheel chair wearing the USS Indianapolis hat. I struck up a conversation, he was old but didn't know if he was old enough to have served on the ship. I asked him and he said it was his father that he barely remembered. He said he never met any of the survivors that said he saw him, so he just kept believing he went down with the ship.
That hit me in the gut.
Keep Calm and Check Canopy
There are no ex-paratroopers, only ones off jump status
USS Indianapolis survivor Don Howison passed away yesterday at age 98. He was the oldest remaining survivor and last remaining Indianapolis officer, an Ensign at the time of her loss.
USS Indianapolis survivor Jim Jarvis passed away Saturday at age 98. He was the oldest remaining survivor.
Only 9 remain.
A humorous story from a "honorary survivor" :
"Sweet Jim Jarvis passed away yesterday. He was the oldest USS Indianapolis CA-35 Survivor. Even at that age, he still found ways to make people smile while sharing the story of his ship's tragedy. He showed up to interviews and events in a t shirt that said "USS INDIANAPOLIS SWIM TEAM" across the front!
The first time I saw it, my eyeballs nearly fell out of my head. Am I supposed to laugh? Is is wrong to laugh? This man spend 5 days in shark-infested water during WWII. I hugged him and we both laughed.
A few years ago, he showed up to the Indy reunion wearing shorts with little sharks printed on them. This time, I didn't hold back. I made him stand up and show the audience - and we all laughed.
Jim was the one who taught me that dark humor is very much a coping mechanism and it's a healthy thing to use when processing unpleasant events. He and his shipmates do that better than anyone."
USS Indianapolis survivor Jim Jarvis passed away Saturday at age 98. He was the oldest remaining survivor.
Only 9 remain.
A humorous story from a "honorary survivor" :
"Sweet Jim Jarvis passed away yesterday. He was the oldest USS Indianapolis CA-35 Survivor. Even at that age, he still found ways to make people smile while sharing the story of his ship's tragedy. He showed up to interviews and events in a t shirt that said "USS INDIANAPOLIS SWIM TEAM" across the front!
The first time I saw it, my eyeballs nearly fell out of my head. Am I supposed to laugh? Is is wrong to laugh? This man spend 5 days in shark-infested water during WWII. I hugged him and we both laughed.
A few years ago, he showed up to the Indy reunion wearing shorts with little sharks printed on them. This time, I didn't hold back. I made him stand up and show the audience - and we all laughed.
Jim was the one who taught me that dark humor is very much a coping mechanism and it's a healthy thing to use when processing unpleasant events. He and his shipmates do that better than anyone."
No one does dark humor better than the military.
Keep Calm and Check Canopy
There are no ex-paratroopers, only ones off jump status
Today, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday sent a message to the fleet asking for a moment of silence on July 29, between 11:03 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. EDT, to honor the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA 35).
Below is the text of his message:
“On July 30, 1945, just three minutes after midnight, the heavy cruiser USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA 35) was struck by two Japanese torpedoes in the dark of night while conducting a solo transit of the Philippine Sea. Despite their best efforts, the ship went down in 12 short minutes. While around 900 of the 1,195-member crew escaped the ship that night, tragically only 316 were rescued.
While much is written about the crews four harrowing days in the waters of the Pacific waiting to be found with few lifeboats, over-exposure to the elements, and almost no food or water, one thing is certain: those brave Sailors and Marines endured impossible hardships by banding together. And we must do the same today.
So, I ask you to pause and take a moment on July 29, between 11:03 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT, to remember the brave Sailors and Marines of INDIANAPOLIS. Remember their courage and devotion to each other in the face of the most severe adversity. Remember their valor in combat and the role they played in ending the most devastating war in history. Honor their memory and draw strength from their legacy.
America. Has. A. Great. Navy. Our nation counts on you and so do I. Never more proud to be your CNO.”
"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
Coincidentally just this week I was contacted by the son of a USS Indianapolis crewman. His father was a radioman like my cousin and was wounded when Indianapolis was struck by a kamikaze off Okinawa. While he was recuperating he received letters from his shipmates, including my cousin (Trotter). Below are those letters, note the areas cut away by the censor. This is the first example of writing from my cousin, and the man whose name I now carry, I have ever seen.
Of the men who wrote notes to John Johnson (the injured crewman) only one, Hodge, survived the sinking less than 3 months later.
HODGE, Howard Henry, RM2* COLE, Walter Henry, CRMA WALKER, Jack Edwin, RM2 DOLLINS, Paul, RM2 TROTTER, Arthur Cecil, RM2 CALL, James Edward, RM3 RUTHERFORD, Robert Arnold, RM2