Re: [LoGH] Pearl Harbor (off-topic about war movies)
Theo Ching (farlandr@msn.com)
Mon, 28 May 2001 21:11:39 -0700
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From: Michael Mikulis
>Just watch Tora, Tora, Tora for a good movie.
T!T!T! pretty much did it all as far as this subject is concerned. The=
new movie was just an excuse for Hollywood to make more money & sell mor=
e popcorn while we moviegoers get to watch more silver screen fireworks. =
@_^
>How many Japanese fighters are shot down in the new movie anyway? =20
I'm having trouble finding statistics right now, but I vaguely recall t=
he flick said it was around 30 or so, out of 300. I thought from other s=
ources it was only a dozen, but again I'm not sure. BTW, I'm less certai=
n of the accuracy of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo because the flick made i=
t look like they went thru a firestorm of triple-A and lost many bombers,=
but most of the history books I read suggested there was only scant resi=
stance and almost all 16 B-25's continued on to China or Russia (where mo=
st of them crashlanded, but the majority of their crews got back to the S=
tates alive). That's dramatic license for ya. =20
Theo
PS: To Hank & Leet: Sorry I keep going off topic, but until they come o=
ut with some new LoGH this is all I have to talk about. ;-)
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From:&n=
bsp;Michael Mikulis
>Just watch Tora, Tora, Tora for a good=
movie.
T!T!T! pret=
ty much did it all as far as this subject is concerned. The new mov=
ie was just an excuse for Hollywood to make more money & sell more po=
pcorn while we moviegoers get to watch more silver screen fireworks. @_^<=
BR>
>How many Japanese fighters are shot down in the new movie anyw=
ay?
I'm having trouble finding=
statistics right now, but I vaguely recall the flick said it was around =
30 or so, out of 300. I thought from other sources it was only a do=
zen, but again I'm not sure. BTW, I'm less certain of the accuracy =
of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo because the flick made it look like they w=
ent thru a firestorm of triple-A and lost many bombers, but most of the h=
istory books I read suggested there was only scant resistance and almost =
all 16 B-25's continued on to China or Russia (where most of them crashla=
nded, but the majority of their crews got back to the States alive). =
; That's dramatic license for ya.
&nb=
sp; &nbs=
p; =
; Theo
=
PS: To Hank & Leet: Sorry I keep g=
oing off topic, but until they come out with some new LoGH this is all I =
have to talk about. ;-)
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