WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

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I'll give it to you, but his name was Don Pardee Moon.

US People--Moon, Don P.

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Wonder where the "Timothy" came from? A Nik-Name? D is probably the Don.
Oh well, Thanks.

Name the "Nine" sisters of World War Two

(and not the Volcanic chain of hills in San Luis Obispo County California)

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They are Aircraft Carriers.

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Independence Class Light Carriers?
Independence, Princeton, Bataan, Cowpens, Monterey, Langley, San Jacinto, Cabot, Belleau Wood.

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Any hint was a give away eh? The Nine Sisters they are ! CVL's 22-30 inclusive

Your go

Can I go again please, please...I got a good one, I think, not too easy, not too tough.

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Go ahead and take it, Earl.

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Thanks

Name 10 Countries whose combatants used the "Pith" helmet in WW 2.
(Bee keepers, Postmen, and Police don't count)

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Great Britain, South Africa, US, Germany, Japan, Second Philipine Republic, Italy, Ethiopia, Netherlands and Australia? How's that for a guess?

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Add France, India, New Zealand & China, and that's the list I had.

Your go......again

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Five US Admirals were killed in action on the bridges of their ships. Who were they?

Please do not include flag officers killed in plane crashes, SIWs or physical ailments (heart attacks, etc), only those killed during direct enemy action.

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Kidd, Scott, Callaghan.......

World War Two only ?

If so hint?

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yes WWII only and all were in the Pacific.

The remaing two were killed in a kamikaze attack on a cruiser in 1944 and a submarine attack on a light carrier in 1943.

A well known Navy Cross recipient from Pearl Harbor also died during the submarine attack.

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The other 2 are H. M. Mullinnix aboard Liscombe Bay,
and Ted Chandler aboard Louisville

You made me work for that one!

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Good Job, Earl!

Did the Navy Cross recipient clue help any?

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I didn't go that route (probably should have), I looked for the ships.

Who said....during a battle...with pistol drawn and pointed..."Either you are a dead man, or you can earn yourself a medal." ?

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The Pearl Harbor Navy Cross recipient that died on the Liscome Bay was Doris "Dorie" Miller.

Hans von Luck?

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Ah that's right Dorie did die there, too bad, he deserved to live.

Yep... Col. Hans von Luck, to a Luftwaffe Captain who (initially)(until looking down a gun barrel) refused to use his 88's against tanks.

Your go

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Name the last class of Royal Navy warships to have an armored conning tower.