We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:57:52 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...and another light of the Greatest Generation dims. Jeff Quinton has the story of Lt. Col. Horace “Sally” Crouch. A Doolittle Raider. There's a select group of men. The first to strike back at Japan - flying from the deck of the Hornet, made famous when Roosevelt referred to her as the "Shangri-la." Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance, In Memoriam. This all brings to mind something percolating in my head since last night, when SWWBO and I went to eat at a local eatery, the Ten Penny Bar and Grill, just up the road from... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:33:40 -0600 Don - Sadly, no. One aircraft landed safely when it diverted to Vladivostok and its crew was interned; the remaining fifteen either ditched in the sea or crash-landed in China. Two aircrewmen drowned in ditchings; one died when his parachute didn't open; eight were captured. Three of those captured were executed (firing squad, not beheadings--Hollywood got *that* wrong, too) and one died of starvation and mistreatment. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36940 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36940 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:05:50 -0600 Amazing, 16 planes went out, all 16 made it and all 16 landed in China with the crews intact. I think all 80 men survived although over 60 were captured http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36939 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36939 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:28:24 -0600 I like that museum... been there several times. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36931 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36931 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:11:52 -0600 That's what I was thinking. No one complained about it when we were sampling the air in North Korean processing plants proving they were trying to enrich Uranium in October 2002. They didn't even think it was possible. Why would we shelve such powerful forensic technology? And how could it possibly constitute a search that would require a warrant? I think it's just a knee-jerk reaction to profiling again. In any case, sorry to interrupt the Doolittle posts. To get back on topic, there is a small but informative new display at the Boeing Museum of Flight in the new wing, 1st floor related to the raid. Though the wing is mostly devoted to single-seater fighters. Worth checking out, among other things at the Museum. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36930 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36930 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:52:11 -0600 Heh. I was unaware you needed a warrant to sit outside and sample the air. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36929 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36929 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:59:53 -0600 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10588528/ ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36926 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36926 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:19:21 -0600 I ran into an Old Seaman who had served on the Lexington as I took Jess to the airport today. His eyes were still bright and alive as I imagine they were when the Lex was at Midway. He even got mad when I offered to help him find his terminal(though he was surprised I even knew what the Lexington was and that I knew where it had been---we young folk typically don't know much usually, I guess)! Enjoy these men while we can. They're treasures. I got lucky that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I got to talk to quite a few at LeisureWorld in Seal Beach. Interesting people and worthy of your time and patience. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36924 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/another_small_giant_has_passed.html#comment-36924 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:34:45 -0600