Having grown up amongst WWII vets, the war doesn't seem that long ago. Heck, when I was a kid, there were parts of German cities where there were blocks of rubble that seemed to still smell of smoke...
If you've not kept up with the new scholarship on Midway that has benefitted from access to Japanese records,
I strongly recommend Shattered Sword, by Parshall and Tully.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2014/06/midway_72_years.html
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Jun 03 2014, 07:06 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..