Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Two American Pilots and Pearl Harbor" video.

  1. Bingo. Yes, they we're the two.
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  2. Richard Hoag Well future two war Ace Gabby Gabreski was one of 8. He had no kills that day.
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  3. john ellington Well the main threat was still seen as being in the Atlantic. The USS Ruben James had been sunk by a U boat just weeks before this.
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  4. The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered On a side note.... Several Navy pilots from the Enterprise were lost to both Zeroes and Friendly fire. They flying ahead of the carrier that docked later Sunday night.
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  5.  @fixento  Nobody was riding a Jeep. How did this thread get off track?
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  6. TigerShark nope......
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  7. TigerShark Actually the book and film were rather researched by Tom Wolffe and is basically accurate.
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  8. Michael Tavary Mix and match of facts. Both were test pilots. Both were at Edwards in October, 1947. But on different projects. Welch was making the first flight of the Sabre at the time. 13 days later, Yeager working on the X-1, broke the barrier.
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  9. TigerShark Accurate in the general vibe of the time. The test pilot life, the birth of the space program, the family issues. Is Hollywood mixed in to make the story? Sure. Nobody walks with cool theme music....
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  10. TigerShark Fair criticism. Some dramatic license makes for a better story. It was true the civilian pilots were paid better for the same risks the Military test guys did.
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