WacoOne wrote:
I read that book also. It was interesting to read something written so early in the war. I think that pilot was confused by something. Could an Emily have flown all the way to Pearl and back without refueling? (I know, it might could have refueled by submarine.) IIRC, there were other interesting incidences in the book.
Bill
While not really warbird related, I found Lt. Dickinson's description of his post shoot down events about the Japanese and/or Japanese sympathizers he ran into while making his way on foot and by car to Ford Island on December 7, 1941 very interesting. It's stuff like this that refutes the latter day revisionist history about how we had absolutely no reason to inter the Japanese Americans other than us being a bunch of racists. I think this shows there was not only real concern, but there was actually a real threat there and remember, we were at war around the world, getting our butts kicked everywhere, and really believing we were fighting for survival. For those that look, I think you'll find the threat posed by Japanese operatives, Japanese sympathizers, and the Yakuza in Hawaii, the western US, and the Panama Canal area were the driving force behind our Country's later actions relating to internment.