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There was an older gentleman on Newsmax last night who as a 14 year old boy said that he shot at the attacking japanese war planes with his 22 caliber rifle. His dad was stationed there at the time. I just turned to Newsmax, so I didn't catch the whole story.
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God Bless him. I can only imagine what a horrific event it was in real time.
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the way those Zeroes were armored, he might have actually been able to do some damage
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Lou Conter, 101 years old is a survivor of the Arizona.The gentleman lives in Grass Valley CA, and is not attending - per his Doctor. He said, "I'm going on 102 now, it's kind of hard to mess around."
God bless this warrior.
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I find it hard to believe.
Good for him if it’s true, otherwise we have another roundoak..
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A “Mustang” commander I worked for at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii in ‘74-75 lived at West Loch ammo depot as a kid and his house had bullet holes in it after the attack.
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A “Mustang” commander I worked for at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii in ‘74-75 lived at West Loch ammo depot as a kid and his house had bullet holes in it after the attack. Were they 22 caliber?
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Old feller who was my supvr. In the old TxDot Sign plating shop about 40 years ago said when he was a kid on Dec 8th 1941 by noon, "there wasn’t a box of 30-30 cartridges to be had anywhere!"; at any ice house or hardware store in the Sabine river bottom!
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Old feller who was my supvr. In the old TxDot Sign plating shop about 40 years ago said when he was a kid on Dec 8th 1941 by noon, "there wasn’t a box of 30-30 cartridges to be had anywhere!"; at any ice house or hardware store in the Sabine river bottom! So the ammo hoarding and price gouging goes back even further than Klinton? 😂
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Old feller who was my supvr. In the old TxDot Sign plating shop about 40 years ago said when he was a kid on Dec 8th 1941 by noon, "there wasn’t a box of 30-30 cartridges to be had anywhere!"; at any ice house or hardware store in the Sabine river bottom! So the ammo hoarding and price gouging goes back even further than Klinton? 😂 Yup!
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I find it hard to believe.
Good for him if it’s true, otherwise we have another roundoak.. Funny you have no problem questioning testimony of these accounts of history. But no one can question any facts or have a conversation about your hero Custer without being disrespected. Interesting
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I find it hard to believe.
Good for him if it’s true, otherwise we have another roundoak.. Funny you have no problem questioning testimony of these accounts of history. But no one can question any facts or have a conversation about your hero Custer without being disrespected. Interesting Lol
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I find it hard to believe.
Good for him if it’s true, otherwise we have another roundoak.. Funny you have no problem questioning testimony of these accounts of history. But no one can question any facts or have a conversation about your hero Custer without being disrespected. Interesting What people like you don't understand is the difference between hear say and years of research. I can verify any claims I have ever made. For example there are over 100 accounts of soldiers that claimed they survived Custer's battle. They are just that, claims, there is no truth to those claims. I can quantify that with historical documents. A kid claiming he shot at Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor when he was 14 is easy to claim, impossible to prove. It may have happened, I stated that, but it is unlikely. Now you can research any claims I have made and question them, but the difference is, I can support those claims with documents and historical records. You may need to stay in your high chair until the oatmeal dries on the floor before you step in it and fall and hit your head again...
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That makes me think of David, and Goliath, and we all know how that turned out.
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I find it hard to believe.
Good for him if it’s true, otherwise we have another roundoak.. Funny you have no problem questioning testimony of these accounts of history. But no one can question any facts or have a conversation about your hero Custer without being disrespected. Interesting What people like you don't understand is the difference between hear say and years of research. I can verify any claims I have ever made. For example there are over 100 accounts of soldiers that claimed they survived Custer's battle. They are just that, claims, there is no truth to those claims. I can quantify that with historical documents. A kid claiming he shot at Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor when he was 14 is easy to claim, impossible to prove. It may have happened, I stated that, but it is unlikely. Now you can research any claims I have made and question them, but the difference is, I can support those claims with documents and historical records. You may need to stay in your high chair until the oatmeal dries on the floor before you step in it and fall and hit your head again... Haha ya sure you can we saw how that turned out before. Your a fool if you think your "accounts" are all totally accurate. Disrespect lol you have proved my point you would schitt yourself if I was standing in front of you. Your so close minded you remind me of a liberal. Free think much haha
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It doesnt matter. Good story. I doubt a 14 yo could figure the lead. Not nearly the same as claiming a hit.
American rifleman had a short story bout a Filipino boy using a Marlin, burying it, and supposdly killing one Japanese.
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It doesnt matter. Good story. I doubt a 14 yo could figure the lead. Not nearly the same as claiming a hit.
American rifleman had a short story bout a Filipino boy using a Marlin, burying it, and supposdly killing one Japanese. This!!
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By the time I was 14 I had a host of arms at my disposal and used them all without question by anyone. My bedroom closet was the family armory! The guy would be 95 years old, if he claims he let one rip at a Jap, I'll take his word for it.
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By the time I was 14 I had a host of arms at my disposal and used them all without question by anyone. My bedroom closet was the family armory! The guy would be 95 years old, if he claims he let one rip at a Jap, I'll take his word for it. My father in law shot his first deer with a 22. He and his dad would harvest as much wild game as they could. In able to sell the farm products. He was about 14 possibly younger.
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