Very Important Day In History

Arcey · August 09, 2008, 08:16:52 AM

1945 - 'Fat Man', a plutonium bomb carried by the U.S.A. B-29 bomber, Bockscar, was scheduled to be dropped on the Japanese city of Kokura. It was three days after the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The weather made visibility poor, so the aircraft passed Kokura and chose its secondary target, Nagasaki. Fat Man destroyed over half of Nagasaki and killed more than 70,000 people. This was the end of World War II. Japan surrendered unconditionally the following day.

Texas Lawdog · August 09, 2008, 09:33:38 AM

I'm not sure if BocksCar got saved from the scrap pile, I hope it did. "Lest We Forget" is the motto of the CAF.

Texas Lawdog · August 09, 2008, 09:42:28 AM

I just did some research on Bock's Car. It is on display at the USAF museum at Wright-Patterson AF Base in Ohio.

litl rooster · August 09, 2008, 12:03:15 PM

Quote from: Tensleep on August 09, 2008, 02:41:05 AM
On this date

1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed

Remember even the Mexicans beat the phrench

Delmonico · August 09, 2008, 12:55:14 PM

Quote from: litl rooster on August 09, 2008, 12:03:15 PM

Remember even the Mexicans beat the phrench

Well ain't hard to whoop someone that eats funny tastin' gravy on everything.

Texas Lawdog · August 09, 2008, 02:21:09 PM

The Foreign Legion is their good miltary unit. I do like the CAN CAN Girls!

Delmonico · August 09, 2008, 02:25:01 PM

Quote from: Texas Lawdog on August 09, 2008, 02:21:09 PM
The Foreign Legion is their good miltary unit. I do like the CAN CAN Girls!

Yeah, but I thought that was the idea behind the unit, no phrenchie's allowed.

Texas Lawdog · August 09, 2008, 02:28:37 PM

Eferyone gets a new identity when they join the Legion.

Russ T Chambers · August 09, 2008, 03:36:16 PM

Quote from: Texas Lawdog on August 09, 2008, 02:21:09 PM
The Foreign Legion is their good miltary unit. I do like the CAN CAN Girls!

Legion may be good, but most of the country is CAN'T CAN'T.

Texas Lawdog · August 09, 2008, 05:33:40 PM

I would like to go to Normandy.

Leo Tanner · August 09, 2008, 06:36:20 PM

Quote from: Texas Lawdog on August 09, 2008, 05:33:40 PM
I would like to go to Normandy.

Me too Tex. That's hallowed ground as far as I'm concerned. Nuff said.

Leo

Texas Lawdog · August 10, 2008, 01:35:15 AM

Del says them French folks eat funny sauce on everything. I can't get past those paper thin flapjacks of theirs.

Trinity · August 10, 2008, 07:07:48 AM

Mmmmmmm, Crepes with chocolate/hazelnut spread are the best.

I toured Normandy and several of the D Day beaches back in March '94. I would have liked to be there in June, but things would have no doubt been more expensive and much much more crowded. As it was, I was able to climb around everything and get pictures with no one else in them.

Texas Lawdog · August 10, 2008, 08:28:12 AM

It would have been neat to be there in June, but you probably got to do more in the off times.

Arcey · August 14, 2008, 08:44:12 AM

1945. Japan surrenders.

Texas Lawdog · August 14, 2008, 03:29:08 PM

GO Toyos!

Delmonico · August 14, 2008, 05:15:12 PM

Quote from: Arcey on August 14, 2008, 08:44:12 AM
1945. Japan surrenders.

Good thing, I understand we had no more U-235 and only enough plutonium to make 2-3 more bombs.

Texas Lawdog · August 14, 2008, 05:48:43 PM

Those wartime shortages effect us all, Del.

Leo Tanner · August 14, 2008, 06:10:45 PM

The plutonium rationing was tough on everyone. Almost as bad as not gittin no silk stockins fer the ladies.

Arcey · August 14, 2008, 06:42:13 PM

Funny. The wife is on her last DVD of the series she's been watchin' over the summer. She's been gettin' two in each mailin' 'n she was down to one so she ordered 'Tora, Tora, Tora' for me. Showed up in the box today.

Think I'll watch it.