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    Sakai Sutherland on TV

    Dogfight Over Guadalcanal ~ Watch the Full Episode | Secrets of the Dead | PBS You can watch the actual show online at the above link.
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    Did M4 Carbine Fail U.S. Troops During Afghanistan Assault?

    I recently read the same thing about the British SA80 rifle. MoD under pressure to abandon SA-80 rifle
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    U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drone Flying Over Iraq

    Here is a picture of the drone, an Ababil3 I found here. It supposed to have "stealth" features. Iran Ramps up Drone Production | Danger Room from Wired.com Ababil (Swallow) Unmanned Air Vehicle [UAV]
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    U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drone Flying Over Iraq

    What sort of drone did the Iranians use? Any pics of it?
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    High Alt Bombers vs Dive Bombers

    250Kg yeah that was it.
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    High Alt Bombers vs Dive Bombers

    Question: The Val could carry a 500 lb or 500 Kg bomb? I read both figures being used.
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    Anti Aircraft Weapons....

    The Bofors 40mm is still used in the AC-130 gunships and is pretty much the same weapon from ww2.
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    'Japanese' bravery

    Now that I think about it, I've read a few accounts of Hawaii JAs being arrested for flying the Japanese flag and celebrating Hirohito's birthday during the war. It is also well known that a Japanese pilot was assisted by local Japanese after he crashed landed on Niihau. They too were arrested...
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    'Japanese' bravery

    My father showed me an old prewar photo of himself with two IJN officers. He recalled that they came to Hawaii on a big battleship or cruiser. My father also travelled to Japan and returned to Hawaii just before the war started and he was never interned, under suspicion, or even harassed in any...
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    'Japanese' bravery

    I hope the forum doesn't think I'm some kind of troll for posting what I did. I don't hate Dan Inouye. The ring incident is something that stuck in my mind since I read the article back in 1993. I thought it was a really big deal back then. He cut the finger off a dead woman to get a diamond...
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    'Japanese' bravery

    This is in Hawaii. Japanese make up a large part of the population here even today. They couldn't intern that many people.
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    'Japanese' bravery

    Inouye is from Hawaii. None of his family was put into a camp. I am Japanese American and lived in Hawaii all my life. I don't know a single JA person that was put into a camp here. If the government had done that back then, they would have had to intern almost half the population of Hawaii.
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    'Japanese' bravery

    I did some research on the ring incident. I found this in google books. Oh, Say, Can You See?: The Semiotics ... - Google Book Search
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    'Japanese' bravery

    I live in Hawaii and Inouye is my senator. Some years ago I read a strange story about him and the war in a local newspaper. During a dinner party with some of his war buddies, one of his friends told a story that left the party gasping in silence. It seems the senator had a habit of pilfering...
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    Iranian boats harass US warships

    Nation World | Who's the voice on radio in Iran standoff? | Seattle Times Newspaper
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