Pearl Harbor 61 years ago today - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 12-07-12, 12:45 PM

I can't, or I would have. Neon is the only moderator here. He or Neal can make repairs, and no one else.

August · 12-07-12, 12:51 PM

Well doesn't matter. We have no time!

At the time of this posting it is 07:49 Hawaii time:

Air-attack commander Mitsuo Fuchida, looking down on Pearl Harbor, sees no aircraft carriers, which the Japanese hoped to destroy and thus thwart U.S. retaliation. He orders his telegraph operator to tap out to, to, to: attack. Then other taps: to ra, to ra, to ra: attack, surprise achieved.

Though not meant to have a double meaning, to ra is read by some Japanese pilots as tora—tiger. And according to a Japanese saying, “A tiger goes out 1,000 ri [2,000 miles/3,218 kilometers] and returns without fail.”

Oberon · 12-07-12, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Well doesn't matter. We have no time!

At the time of this posting it is 07:49 Hawaii time:

Air-attack commander Mitsuo Fuchida, looking down on Pearl Harbor, sees no aircraft carriers, which the Japanese hoped to destroy and thus thwart U.S. retaliation. He orders his telegraph operator to tap out to, to, to: attack. Then other taps: to ra, to ra, to ra: attack, surprise achieved.

Though not meant to have a double meaning, to ra is read by some Japanese pilots as tora—tiger. And according to a Japanese saying, “A tiger goes out 1,000 ri [2,000 miles/3,218 kilometers] and returns without fail.”

It's just a bunch of B-17s from the mainland.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Time to watch Tora! Tora! Tora! again.

Good idea! *puts his copy on*

12-07-12, 12:45 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I can't, or I would have. Neon is the only moderator here. He or Neal can make repairs, and no one else. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-07-12, 12:51 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well doesn't matter. We have no time! At the time of this posting it is 07:49 Hawaii time: Air-attack commander Mitsuo Fuchida, looking down on Pearl Harbor, sees no aircraft carriers, which the Japanese hoped to destroy and thus thwart U.S. retaliation. He orders his telegraph operator to tap out to, to, to: attack. Then other taps: to ra, to ra, to ra: attack, surprise achieved. Though not meant to have a double meaning, to ra is read by some Japanese pilots as tora—tiger. And according to a Japanese saying, “A tiger goes out 1,000 ri [2,000 miles/3,218 kilometers] and returns without fail.” __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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