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The Doolittle Raid

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Old U.S. Air Force video of the WWII Doolittle Raid in April 1942, when B-25 Mitchell bombers took off from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet to attack the Japanese islands.   [ Video no longer available. ]   

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Tojo Fighter

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  NOTES ON ENEMY AIRCRAFT    The information contained in this summary should be transferred immediately to Informational Intelligence Summary No. 43-26, “Japanese Aircraft and Armament,” revised September 1943.    JAPAN New Japanese Type 2 Single-Engine Fighter, TOJO    TOJO  … Continue reading →

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Atsugi Airfield

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of Japanese Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo after the end of WWII from the U.S. Air Force magazine Impact, Vol. II, No. 9, Sept.-Oct. 1945. ATSUGI AIRFIELD First close look many Americans got of Japan was when they landed at … Continue reading →

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Type 97 Medium Tank with 47-mm Gun

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following U.S. intelligence report on the Japanese Type 97 medium tank Shinhoto Chi-Ha with improved 47-mm gun was published in Enemy on Luzon: An Intelligence Summary: TYPE 97 IMPROVED MEDIUM TANK WITH 47-MM GUN A number of modified Japanese … Continue reading →

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