A favorite chapter of mine in our WWII story. I happened upon the gravesite of Chase Nielsen in the Hyrum cemetery

Apr 18, 2024
8:59:07am

Y_Mountain_Magic Half-baked genius

(Cache Valley) not long ago. He was a navigator on one of the planes, and is one of the few Doolittle Raiders who survived capture and confinement by the Japanese.

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Y_Mountain_Magic

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On this date, 82 years ago, we launched 16 B-25s off of the USS Hornet and bombed Tokyo

2FarGone No One of Consequence

Apr 18, 8:51am

A favorite chapter of mine in our WWII story. I happened upon the gravesite of Chase Nielsen in the Hyrum cemetery

Y_Mountain_Magic

Apr 18, 8:59am

Hey, my dad grew up in Hyrum. Spent lots of time there as a kid.

Acorn

Apr 18, 9:29am

The older I get the more in awe I am of people I have never met willing to give

OC Coug

Apr 18, 9:01am

War is hell. The firebombing of Tokyo burned 100,000 civilians to death

Bobber

Apr 18, 2:13pm

The atomic bombs don't even make the top 10 list of

MyTwoCents

Apr 18, 4:56pm

If anyone would like to relive flying a B-25

mobicurious

Apr 18, 2:33pm

RE: On this date, 82 years ago, we launched 16 B-25s off of the USS Hornet and

PA_pete

Apr 19, 7:11pm

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