^ Now I can see the photos.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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1941-45 they where......now, not so much.
Hollywood is great when they stick to what they're there for, entertainment. Coincidentally, I find their political rantings most entertaining of all.
What I can't figure out was how they thought the Japanese were going to have enough intel to know that there was or wasn't a plant there. From today's perspective, this makes a lot of sense. Someone is flying over our territory and taking pictures (airplane or satellite). But back then, it's not like we wouldn't have known someone was overflying the area. Maybe civilian "spies?" Still, pretty neat.
I get that, but it's not like people didn't know where the GIANT Boeing factory was. I remember driving by it whenever I'd visit my grandfather in Long Beach. It's a pretty creative idea, as was a lot of things back then, it's just interesting to see the idea from today's perspective where it makes so much (I'd argue more) sense.
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
That's a damn neat video...
If you know Boeing is in Seattle, but don't know the exact building, odds are that pilots would target industrial looking buildings in hopes of hitting a high payoff target.
So, it makes sense to plade camouflage nets over the building to complicate the targetting process if Japan was able to launch a carrier strike from just off the west coast.
I own the DVDThings were under control.
That's true. You would still be able to follow the roads to the right place, but with no GPS accuracy, you may be wondering "when" the complex will come into your sight. It's funny how the idea actually works both today and back then, albeit assuming the imagery is crappier today than it actually is.
I wish. . . I've only got it on Betamax and Laser Disc :-(
Vertical Night Landing
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron 311, part of the Air Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands on the USS Essex (LHD 2), March 6. The pilots of VMA 311 were conducting night carrier landing qualifications in preparation for the 31st MEU's Certification Exercise. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation's force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garry J. Welch)
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