Comments on: “I can run wild for six months…” http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82955 Skippy-san Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:11:20 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82955 There is a great discussion in some of Herman Wouk's works, that the Japanese made the decision to go the wrong way in 1942. Had they not gone east, but west and continued to press against India-at a time the British Empire was on the ropes-who knows what might have happened. There is some evidence they were thinking about that when the Doolittle raid happened, which spooked the Japanese into turning east. There is a great discussion in some of Herman Wouk’s works, that the Japanese made the decision to go the wrong way in 1942. Had they not gone east, but west and continued to press against India-at a time the British Empire was on the ropes-who knows what might have happened. There is some evidence they were thinking about that when the Doolittle raid happened, which spooked the Japanese into turning east.

]]> By: Southern Air Pirate http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82863 Southern Air Pirate Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:44:25 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82863 I still enjoy that it was the aggresive spirit during the inter-war period that developed the tactics our dive bombers crews used to put large high explosives down on the decks of those 4 carriers ( read near vertical dives 65+ degrees). Also amazing was the skill and bravery of the TBD crews as they pushed themselves to fly low and slow so they could try and put a 21in torpedo into the side of a Japanese carrier. In the end of it all though it was a team effort by the crews of Fighting Three, Fighting Six, Fighting Eight, Scouting Three, Scouting Eight, Bombing Three, Bombing Six, Bombing Eight, Torpedo Three, Torpedo Six, Torpedo Eight all made names for themselves in the annuals of history. Where men like Lt Cdr John Waldron, Lt. Richard H. Best, Lt Cdr Lance E. Massey, Lt Cdr. Max Leslie all became well known names in the US Naval Aviation. I still enjoy that it was the aggresive spirit during the inter-war period that developed the tactics our dive bombers crews used to put large high explosives down on the decks of those 4 carriers ( read near vertical dives 65+ degrees). Also amazing was the skill and bravery of the TBD crews as they pushed themselves to fly low and slow so they could try and put a 21in torpedo into the side of a Japanese carrier.
In the end of it all though it was a team effort by the crews of Fighting Three, Fighting Six, Fighting Eight, Scouting Three, Scouting Eight, Bombing Three, Bombing Six, Bombing Eight, Torpedo Three, Torpedo Six, Torpedo Eight all made names for themselves in the annuals of history. Where men like Lt Cdr John Waldron, Lt. Richard H. Best, Lt Cdr Lance E. Massey, Lt Cdr. Max Leslie all became well known names in the US Naval Aviation.

]]> By: Albany Rifles http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82846 Albany Rifles Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:13:43 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82846 CPT J I echo your words Also, this morning while I drove my 13 year old to school...who is getting fired up with WW II history...I explained the story of Midway..not in the way his 7th grade teacher explained this year but in the way I learned from my Dad. I lift a glass to George Gay, Wade McCluskey and Ray Spruance...and all the men of of the VTs who brought down the fighters so the VBs and VSs could succeed. CPT J

I echo your words

Also, this morning while I drove my 13 year old to school…who is getting fired up with WW II history…I explained the story of Midway..not in the way his 7th grade teacher explained this year but in the way I learned from my Dad.

I lift a glass to George Gay, Wade McCluskey and Ray Spruance…and all the men of of the VTs who brought down the fighters so the VBs and VSs could succeed.

]]> By: CPT J http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82826 CPT J Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:08:13 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82826 Byron, My hero in the book The Big E was the damage control officer, LCDR John Monro. That Enterprise survived the battles that doomed Hornet, Yorktown and Lexington was in no small part due to his leadership and relentless training of his DC crews. "The skill shown by the personnel of Enterprise in coping with serious damage and controlling fires and flooding attests to the serious attention given to careful preparation of equipment and to study of war damage to Lexington CV-2 and Yorktown CV-5." http://cv6.org/ship/damage/solomons_2.htm Deckplate steel and stout hearts --once joined, cannot be separated. Byron,

My hero in the book The Big E was the damage control officer, LCDR John Monro. That Enterprise survived the battles that doomed Hornet, Yorktown and Lexington was in no small part due to his leadership and relentless training of his DC crews.

“The skill shown by the personnel of Enterprise in coping with serious damage and controlling fires and flooding attests to the serious attention given to careful preparation of equipment and to study of war damage to Lexington CV-2 and Yorktown CV-5.”

http://cv6.org/ship/damage/solomons_2.htm

Deckplate steel and stout hearts –once joined, cannot be separated.

]]> By: Byron Audler http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82808 Byron Audler Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:26:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82808 Capt. J, about once every 5 years, I break out my very dog eared copy of The Big E and read it again. I've been reading it now for about 30 years. IMHO, the greatest ship and crew to ever serve in the US Navy. Capt. J, about once every 5 years, I break out my very dog eared copy of The Big E and read it again. I’ve been reading it now for about 30 years. IMHO, the greatest ship and crew to ever serve in the US Navy.

]]> By: RPL http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/comment-page-1/#comment-82751 RPL Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:57:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/04/i-can-run-wild-for-six-months/#comment-82751 Thank you. We owe you a debt that we probably can't ever repay. Thank you. We owe you a debt that we probably can’t ever repay.

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