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  1. Navy Dave

    Navy Dave Member

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    Leave the navy questions to the Navy guy. It is........ (drum roll)

    the USS WASP (CV 7)

    USS Wasp, a 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in April 1940 and spent the next two years in the Atlantic area, taking part in exercises, Neutrality enforcement, "short of war" operations and early World War II tasks. In April and May 1942, Wasp assisted the British Home Fleet in the North Atlantic and twice entered the Mediterranean Sea to deliver Royal Air Force aircraft to Malta.

    Wasp was dispatched to the Pacific in June 1942 to reinforce U.S. Naval forces there in the wake of the carrier battles of Coral Sea and Midway and in preparation for offensive operations in the Southern Pacific. In early August, she participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. The remainder of her service life was devoted to the effort to hold that vital island in the face of Japanese attempts to recapture it. On 15 September 1942, while steaming well to the southward of Guadalcanal, USS Wasp was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19. Uncontrollable gasoline fires forced her abandonment, and she was sunk by torpedoes from an escorting destroyer.

    By the way guys, there is a new USS WASP. It is a helicopter and AV-8 carrier, much like my first ship.
     
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  2. DocCasualty

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    Yep, USS WASP, circa July 1942. You're up ND!
     
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  3. Navy Dave

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    Very well.

    Who is this brave WWII warrior and what was his claim to fame?
     

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  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That's Dick Bong, leading US ace in WWII with 40 kills. He was also a Medal of Honor recipient.
     
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  5. Navy Dave

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    Correct SLIPDIGIT. Bravo Zulu. You're up.
     
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  6. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    This one should be an easy one for y'all.

    Who is he and what is his significance to the war?

    [​IMG]

    And he is not Ernest J. King, Adm, USN
     

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  7. DocCasualty

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    Cdr. David McCampbell - Top Navy Ace

    Won Medal of Honor, shot down 34 Japanese aircraft

    Commander - Air Group Fifteen (CAG-15) on USS Essex, Hellcat pilot

    ?
     
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  8. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Nope.

    He was in the Pacific and was killed in action.
     
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    Is it Edward "Butch" O'Hare?
     
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  10. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    No, but you are on the right track.

    This picture was made when he was an ensign. He died as a field grade officer.
     
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  11. jemimas_special2

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    Lt Col.Harold William Bauer?? United States Marine Corps Aviator... shot down 11 Japanese Planes??
     
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  12. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Naw, not him.

    He is not an obscure aviator. His name is well known by even novice WWII historians, although they may not know who he was.

    He was not an ace; I don't think he shot down a single enemy aircraft.
     
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  13. jemimas_special2

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    Slip.... was he an actor??
     
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  14. DocCasualty

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    DocCasualty, Sep 14, 2009
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  15. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Not an actor.

    Not Mr. Elrod.

    He was not a fighter pilot.

    another clue: Cactus
     
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    Maj. Lofton R. Henderson?? First Marine pilot killed at Midway. Henderson Field on Guadalcanal named in his honor.
     
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  17. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Yes Maj. Lofton Henderson is correct.

    He was shot down 4 June 1942 near Midway. Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named in his honor. Guadalcanal's code name was Cactus and was home to the Cactus Air Force.

    [​IMG]
     

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  18. DocCasualty

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    That was a tough one!


    With what unit did this crew serve? Where was the unit's area of combat operations?

    [​IMG]
     
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  19. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Are those invasion stripes on the wings?
     
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    OOOOh OOOOOh! Mexican Expeditionary Force!!!!! In Philippines
     

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