Comments by "Paul" (@Paul-lm5gv) on "American Veterans Center" channel.

  1. True American valor! Wikipedia: Torpedo Squadon 8 (VT-8's) first and best-known combat mission came during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. Flying obsolete Douglas TBD Devastators, all of Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron's fifteen planes were shot down during their unescorted torpedo attack on Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers. The squadron failed to damage any Japanese carriers or destroy enemy aircraft. Only one member of VT-8 who flew from Hornet on that day survived in the action, Ensign George Gay. Gay was rescued the day following the battle. VT-8 was afterwards awarded the American Presidential Unit Citation.
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  2. I salute you sir! 16-Million men and hundreds of thousands of women answered the call and served their country during WWII - and millions more women manned the war factories at home - Rose the Riviters!
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  3. The U.S. Eighth Air Force sent waves of B-17s over Germany in WWII - sometimes 1,000 at a time - and they suffered massive casualties until the P-51 Mustang came on the scene to escort the sitting duck bombers to German and back!
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