John Ford's: "The Battle of Midway"(ca.1942) 2/2

"The Battle of Midway," directed by John Ford, provides a relatively
brief account of the Japanese attack of American ships at Midway atoll.
The film is comprised mostly of authentic footage from the battle, with
dramatic narration by Henry Fonda. "Behind every cloud, there may be an
enemy," he intones as American fighter pilots search the sky. The rest
of the film mocks Emporer Tojo of Japan and portrays him as ruthless,
bombing hospitals and churches as he tries to conquer the Pacific.


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[THEUTUBEHATER]

It was his first cig. Man that drag sure tasted goo. LOL Good old ww2 propganda. lol

[2bn442RCT]

Yes! One of the few "propaganda" or historical flicks that really has my jaw dropping.

[2bn442RCT]

Your welcome! I see every post. I have to delete about half do to internet hooliganism.

[hill9868]

One of the Marine fighter pilots of VMF-221 who were based on Midway was Marion Carl. Despite being the pilot of an obsolete Brewster Buffalo, he managed to down a Japanese Zero and survive the battle on June 4th in which 14 of his squadron-mates were killed. Later he flew Wildcats over Guadalcanal where he became the first Marine ace of WW2. Sadly, in 2001, he was murdered while trying to protect his wife from an armed burglar. A tragic end to a grand old man of the skies.

[CitizenPaine1776]

Oh! How DEAR the price of FREEDOM!!!!

Paid for in full by the blood of Patriots!!!

[starmanskye]

@55121234 -- Well, that's an out-an-out exaggeration at the very least. Political schemers, MANY of them Americans, provoked Japan's desperate retribution against US sanctions, or hid sneak-attack knowledge. MANY Americans & companies funded & supported Hitler but were never tried as traitors & war-profiteers -- Like Rockefeller, Standard Oil, Henry Ford & Ford AG, Prescott Bush, Bendix Aviation, DOW, GE, Union Bank, Paul Warburg, GM, Alcoa, Siemens, Charles Dawes, JP Morgan. War is profitable.

[hill9868]

@neddly Yes indeed. Of the 152 planes that the three US carriers despatched to attack Nagumo's carrier fleet, 39 were shot down and another 40 had to ditch or be jettisoned overboard after returning due to lack of fuel and/or battle damage. That included 37 out of 41 TBD Devastators from the three Torpedo squadrons and 18 of the 33 SBD Dauntlesses from Enterprise's Bombing & Scouting Six. They knocked out three Japanese carriers in one swoop but paid a stiff price.

[NiallatUTube]

@505Master I wish I had a war hero in my family!

[NiallatUTube]

Tonight I'm going to watch The Battle of Britain Special Edition (1969) with great names Michael Caine, Ian McShane, Laurence Olivier (narrator of The 'World At War' which I also have), amongst others.

And accompanied by a few bottles of Spitfire Ale no less!

[NiallatUTube]

@hill9868 thanks, good to know, it'd form the basis for a good pub quiz question!

[NiallatUTube]

@hill9868 Thanks for your follow up.

[hill9868]

@NiallatUTube The British-style helmet was standard issue for the US army and marine-corps from when they first began using them on the Western Front in WW1 back in 1917 right up until Guadalcanal in August 1942 when they were equipped with the GI style helmets.

[hill9868]

@NiallatUTube The killer was a 19-year-old named Jesse Fanus who was caught a week after he murdered Carl. He was sentenced to death. Whether the execution has happened yet or if he's still on death-row, I don't know. I got one detail wrong, Carl's death was in 1998, not 2001 like I previously wrote. Carl was 82 when he died. His wife's name is Edna.

[NiallatUTube]

I also wonder why the US soldiers are wearing British style "Tommy" helmets?

The GI type helmet synonymous with Americans in WWII was the more protective bowl shape.

[NiallatUTube]

@NoShame86 I wondered same.

The narrator seems to be British for some reason.

Plus winning WWII was overall an Allied effort, despite the Pacific being American predominated and greatly helping elsewhere.