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Originally posted by lonegurkha
Originally posted by AlonzoTyper
Originally posted by lonegurkha
I was stationed on a “Yorktown” class carrier throughout much of the War. I was assigned as a radio operator on B-25’s and flew on many successful missions.
Mr. Typer, If you were on a Yorktown class carrier most of the war as you state in this quote. How is it that a navy man was assigned as a radio operator in a B-25 which was an Army Air Force plane? As far as I know the only B25's that ever flew off a carrier were the Doolittle raiders. As a student of WWII I would like to request a clarification of how this happened please.
You are correct, I was stationed on a Yorktown class for much of the War, but for the last year or so I did take part in the "Doolittle Raids" as you call it. You are very astute, and it is very humbling to be one who experienced the War, yet was so long ago, it is hard to set about stating every last detail
In my attempt to summarize the details leading up to the more "interesting" stories, I clearly was not detailed enough. I could write a book on the War alone, but in this submission I was trying to get straight to the point. I know many of you are looking for any reason not to believe me, and I understand your skepticismedit on 13-2-2012 by AlonzoTyper because: (no reason given)
Ok guys here is the baloney. This guy is a fraud his answer to my original question from page one proves it.
You are correct, I was stationed on a Yorktown class for much of the War, but for the last year or so I did take part in the "Doolittle Raids" as you call it.
There it is for all to see. The Doolittle raid, that's raid singular. There was only one and it took place 4 months into the war not at the end as he states. The Doolittle raid was concieved to boost American morale after Pearl Harbor. Army Air Corps B25 medium Bombers where stripped down to make a one way trip and bomb Tokyo. Then they flew on and went down in China when they ran out of fuel. They were launched off of the USS Hornet. Want to learn about this mission. Try reading "30 seconds over Tokyo".
This was one of the most famous missions of the whole war. Everyone alive at the time knew all about it. I call hoax,hoax,hoax. There is no way this guy would not know the truth of this mission if he were alive at the time.
You are correct, I was stationed on a Yorktown class for much of the War, but for the last year or so I did take part in the "Doolittle Raids" as you call it.
Originally posted by ANGELA11
dying ninety year old man alive on this planet today reading or writing in Above Top Secret.
If you are a dying ninety year old man you would be reading very little because you wouldn't be able to keep your eyes open for more than ten minutes. Television and word games like crosswords and word search is how you would be spending your time.
If you are a dying ninety year old man the only thoughts that would be going through your mind would be dying. Death.
If you are a dying ninety year old man you wouldn't be capable of writing what you wrote and you wouldn't reply to people calling you a liar because you wouldn't waste your time.
Also, wasn't Pearl Harbour attacked in 1944....
Also, wasn't Pearl Harbour attacked in 1944, this making it "near the end of the war"? Or do you only count the war as started from the moment the US was forced to get involved and not the 5 years prior?
Originally posted by curious7
Originally posted by lonegurkha
Originally posted by AlonzoTyper
Originally posted by lonegurkha
I was stationed on a “Yorktown” class carrier throughout much of the War. I was assigned as a radio operator on B-25’s and flew on many successful missions.
Mr. Typer, If you were on a Yorktown class carrier most of the war as you state in this quote. How is it that a navy man was assigned as a radio operator in a B-25 which was an Army Air Force plane? As far as I know the only B25's that ever flew off a carrier were the Doolittle raiders. As a student of WWII I would like to request a clarification of how this happened please.
You are correct, I was stationed on a Yorktown class for much of the War, but for the last year or so I did take part in the "Doolittle Raids" as you call it. You are very astute, and it is very humbling to be one who experienced the War, yet was so long ago, it is hard to set about stating every last detail
In my attempt to summarize the details leading up to the more "interesting" stories, I clearly was not detailed enough. I could write a book on the War alone, but in this submission I was trying to get straight to the point. I know many of you are looking for any reason not to believe me, and I understand your skepticismedit on 13-2-2012 by AlonzoTyper because: (no reason given)
Ok guys here is the baloney. This guy is a fraud his answer to my original question from page one proves it.
You are correct, I was stationed on a Yorktown class for much of the War, but for the last year or so I did take part in the "Doolittle Raids" as you call it.
There it is for all to see. The Doolittle raid, that's raid singular. There was only one and it took place 4 months into the war not at the end as he states. The Doolittle raid was concieved to boost American morale after Pearl Harbor. Army Air Corps B25 medium Bombers where stripped down to make a one way trip and bomb Tokyo. Then they flew on and went down in China when they ran out of fuel. They were launched off of the USS Hornet. Want to learn about this mission. Try reading "30 seconds over Tokyo".
This was one of the most famous missions of the whole war. Everyone alive at the time knew all about it. I call hoax,hoax,hoax. There is no way this guy would not know the truth of this mission if he were alive at the time.
Except anyone can accidentally put an extra letter in the end of a word or sentence as I have done many times over the years.
Also, wasn't Pearl Harbour attacked in 1944, this making it "near the end of the war"? Or do you only count the war as started from the moment the US was forced to get involved and not the 5 years prior?
Originally posted by tomdham
You, sir, are a complete idiot!
Why would you continue to bait, harass and make people angry?
You are doing this on purpose to drag others to your level.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
IF YOU CANT EVEN GET A BASIC HISTORICAL FACT LIKE PEARL HARBOR RIGHT, WHY SHOULD WE LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY?
If you liked this particular thread, you might also like to read the actual "Diary of Alonzo Typer", written (some say "discovered") by H.P. Lovecraft around 1930.