“The Outsider” - Decades before ‘Flags of our Fathers’ this 1961 film follows Ira Hayes from basic training, to Iwo Jima, and the years following the war. Gain an appreciation of Ira’s demise as survivor’s guilt is thrust into the hero’s spotlight.
Hidden Gem: One of the best accounts of just how happenstance the second flag raising was.
Heavy Cruiser Matchup
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Let’s keep the same set up for this match up as the Battleship matchup. Battles will take place in the Caribbean, during day light hours. Ships can use full technologies that were avaliable to that country’s navy. I have, to my knowledge, provided a ship from each cruiser class during the war. The Graf Spee was added to this list. The Java was added in honor of the Dutch Navy.
Round One
- French Cruiser Algerie vs. Greek Armored Cruiser Georgios Averof
- British Cruiser Hawkins vs. Japanese Cruiser Myoko
- U.S Cruiser Pensacola vs. Soviet Cruiser Kirov
- Japanese Cruiser Kako vs. Italian Cruiser Bolzano
- U.S Cruiser Chicago vs. German Cruiser Graf Spee
- French Cruiser Foch vs. Japanese Cruiser Tone
- British Cruiser Exetor vs. U.S Cruiser Wichita
- Soviet Cruiser Maxim Gorkiy vs. Japanese Cruiser Maya
- Japanese Cruiser Mogami vs. U.S Cruiser Indianapolis
- Italian Cruiser Trento vs. British Cruiser Devonshire
- German Cruiser Prinz Eugen vs. U.S Cruiser Houston
- French Cruiser Duquesne vs. Italian Cruiser Zara
- Dutch Cruiser Java vs. British Cruiser Australia
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Clearly the Gargantua would Sink the Red Harvest, and that’s all that would matter.
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