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‘May the 4th be with you’: How World War II influenced ‘Star Wars’
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Yesterday was Star Wars day...and WW2 influences are present in the science fantasy saga...
‘May the 4th be with you’: How World War II influenced ‘Star Wars’
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Bomb Raid in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Some of the best Special Effects of all time...
https://youtu.be/2G_ObyIwtdk?si=knzVIpk6hNyhx0ye
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
LTC Thomas (Tom) Jones LTC Marc King
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
LTC Thomas (Tom) Jones LTC Marc King
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First bombing of Tokyo, 18 April 1942: the Doolittle Raid, WWII (Pt 2)
Clip from the 1944 movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (138 min). (Based on the autobiographical account in the book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" by Ted W. Laws...
30 seconds over Tokyo.
https://youtu.be/_GeB0o3NGe0?si=wrAmiJd2IgvLPWHm
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
MSG Thomas Currie
https://youtu.be/_GeB0o3NGe0?si=wrAmiJd2IgvLPWHm
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
MSG Thomas Currie
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I got to meet Gen Doolittle at a Dining In when I was first in B-52s. It was the first Dining In at an operational wing for me so to say it was impressive would be an understatement.
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