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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 7760557, member: 10103&quot;]Cripes &#039;Nut&#039;, we must be psychically linked.&nbsp; I was doing some &#039;re-image&#039; work on coins/medals yesterday, and one of &#039;em was my &#039;Doolittle Raiders&#039; 3&quot; medal.&nbsp; My earlier photogs were substandard with a myriad of hot spots......</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1330427[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1330428[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These images are more true in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The B-25 was a versatile &#039;ship&#039; indeed.&nbsp; Google Pappy Gunn to see how he retrofitted these bombers to gunships that wreaked havoc on Japanese merchant vessels around New Guinea. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the Doolittle Raiders&#039; had to launch their craft early was a contributing factor into their failure to reach the Chinese mainland.&nbsp; Had the (Hornet) not been spotted by a Japanese fishing boat (which might have tipped off their position)&nbsp; they maybe could have gotten closer to the Japanese mainland and thus had more &#039;ships&#039; touching down in China instead of having to &#039;ditch&#039; into the ocean.&nbsp; Brave men indeed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037366/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037366/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037366/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Good flick (though dated) but still worth a &#039;watch&#039; in this day and age......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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