Comments by "The Zero Line" (@The_ZeroLine) on "USS Wolverine and USS Sable - Paddle Carriers of the Icy North" video.

  1. Maybe for a future video. My grandfather served as a doctor on a carrier which sailed along the coast of South America (heard some great stories about 1940s Peru). Did anything interesting ever happen on the Pacific side of SA? Fun fact: he was Jewish and unfortunately for him somehow getting circumcised became all the rage (I’m assuming VD played a part rather than just fascination w/the Jewish practice of circumcision). PS - I don’t know if it was in fact a carrier and it wouldn’t seem like one would be needed. I think as a kid I just immediately imagined a carrier when told the story.
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  2. You’re agitating alright.
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  3.  @josephvarno5623  I was kidding. It wasn’t meant to be an insult. Breath in and out and relax.
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  4. 17,800 pilots! Wow. Despite growing up in Chicago and gramps being in the Navy, I never once heard about this training operation or that we had hundreds of WWII aircraft on the lake bed.
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  5.  @josephvarno5623  Fair enough.
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  6. I captained a paddle carrier. We had a fierce looking ducky as the figurehead. My hometown, I mean my base, is shown on the map at about 17:10. My grandfather served as a doctor on a carrier and was lucky to be located off the coast of Peru . The lake is intense in the winter.
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