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August 6th, 2007, 05:04 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Luxembourg?
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August 6th, 2007, 06:57 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
That is correct Slipdigit. It's all yours.
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August 6th, 2007, 07:35 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Who is this man?
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August 6th, 2007, 08:16 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman?
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August 6th, 2007, 08:20 PM
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No, not him.
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August 7th, 2007, 01:15 AM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
time for a hint
What did he do aside from pose for the camera?
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August 7th, 2007, 03:13 AM
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He flew Navy aircraft and was good at fighter tactics development. The pic was of him after the war, after he put on the scrambled eggs.
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August 7th, 2007, 04:31 AM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
I have no pictures so...guessing
John Thach
Edward O'Hare
Bill Leonard
James Flatley
Tom Blackburn
Eugene Valencia
Hayden Gregory
or shall we just ask R Leonard of this forum ? If he doesn't know I'll be dazzeled.
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August 7th, 2007, 12:13 PM
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One of those is correct. You really cannot see the man's nose in all it's glory in this pic. Does that help?
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August 7th, 2007, 12:22 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
a sid.....shot in (the) dark
Bill Leonard ?
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August 7th, 2007, 12:46 PM
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James Flatley?
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August 7th, 2007, 02:36 PM
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Skip you might be right, I looked at the nose resemblance and it matches up! 
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August 7th, 2007, 04:04 PM
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Well he looks much longer on the WWII pics, but I remember the picture was from after the war, so I will wait for the result.
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If you took his cover off, you'd see that he doesn't have a weave, although he had one before.
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August 7th, 2007, 04:16 PM
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So im going to assume that Skip got it right?
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August 7th, 2007, 04:25 PM
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naw, read my last post (#214) more carefully... 
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August 7th, 2007, 04:42 PM
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Well in that case... John Thach??
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August 7th, 2007, 04:45 PM
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yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaa!, Good call Slava! 
His extendous proboscus is more eivident in the photo
Your turn.
BTW, I like the khaki uniforms, shame they don't use them anymore.
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August 7th, 2007, 04:52 PM
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Reminds me of that Chevy Chase movie. ( forgot what it was called. )
Might as well go again Slipdigit, I still dont know what to ask!
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Okay, here goes.
What battleship was sunk by a guided missile on September 9th, 1943?
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Roma
On her way to Malta to surrender, when hit by 2 Fritz-X guided weapons.
One went all the way to the bottom of the ship, and one hit the forward magazine...
Boom
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