Folks Of Interest 12-7-1941

Exactly right. Servicemen that left from and came back to California got introduced to the hod rod scene there, probably much different than many of those country and city boys had ever seen. Some stayed behind, others carried the new found knowledge of hot rodding back to their area of the country, and our little hobby exploded onto the national scene.

 

F-One, I agree. My point was, that we were crippled and another wave would have been devastating. The **** thought about another hit, but decided to scram. They were unaware of the amount of damage they inflicted. Luckily some of the carriers were not in the harbor at that time. May have been different out come, if they were, better or worse.
In WWII, decisions were made with limited intelligence,ie skecthy information. The leaders made “ intelligent guesses”, luckily ours made the best decisions.
You are right about japan losing her carriers, but we also lost a lot of our carriers, shortly after Pearl.The Enterprise CV6, was the only carrier out there against japan for a while. She would steam North and launch planes to fly further North and hit some target, while the Enterprise would turn and steam South at max speed for a distance and launch planes South to hit targets. She repeated this many times. The Enterprise convinced the **** that there were two tasks forces operating in the Pacific, giving the U.S. time to finish the fleet of Es*** cl*** carriers. For a while it was pertty much the U.S.S. Enterprise and her task force,alone. against japan.

I had forgotten about Yamamoto saying that about America, not being able to invade the mainland. I am going to frame it and hang it on my wall for all to see.
I my self am a product of WWII. My Dad, from Oklahoma, met my Mom, from Ventura, Ca.
Just a side note.



Bones

 

My dad in OCS early 40's. I'm another WWII product, dad was from Utah, met my mom in Montana during the war.