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Recall original news stories about Midway
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 1:15:50 AM UTC-5, jonathan wrote:
When I was looking up my dad's war history one article about his unit had several mistakes that seemed deliberate to prevent the enemy from gleaning anything. From reading the article below I get the impression the military releases what it wants the enemy to hear. The only high altitude heavy bomber attack against a Japanese fleet that I know about didn't go well at all for our side. If I remember correctly, there were two attempts at using B-17s to bomb the Japanese fleet as they approached Midway, and neither achieved a single hit. The pilots reported several hits, but in reality there was only one near-miss on a destroyer. However, after the their carriers were smashed, a small group of cruisers were sent to shell Midway during the night. They were then called back, and were attacked by a submarine. The sub didn't hit anything, but two light cruisers collided. As they were limping away, B-17s took a run at them. I'm pretty sure one of the escorting destroyers took a direct hit from a B-17 dropped bomb (that was intended for the Mogami). I remember because the two destroyers that were escorting the Mogami had almost identical names...and there is a picture of it taken from the B-17. |
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