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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 9 Jul 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Angry Staff Officer

      There are so many inherently theatrical moments in military/political history that modern Hollywood could mine if it wanted,https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1148587485347352576 …

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      Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper
      Also, how in the hell is it 2019 and there's still no major motion picture about the Nile or Trafalgar
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 9 Jul 2019

      I'm excited to see Hollywood finally coming back to Midway, which is such a film-friendly battle that George Lucas basically aped the climactic run at the Japanese carriers for the assault on the Death Star.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 9 Jul 2019

      At Midway, one of the American pilots even miraculously dropped a bomb that went straight down the Akagi's flight elevator, a one-in-a-million shot that swiftly doomed the carrier by detonating inside it.

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        1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 9 Jul 2019

          Another battle that could hardly be more theatrical, but we can guess why it would never be filmed: the Siege of Vienna in 1683, concluding with the city's relief by the largest cavalry charge in history. (That one, too, was more or less aped by Tolkien).

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        1. Ed_Greenpost‏ @EdGreenpost 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          To make matters worse, the Japanese steel deck carriers were hothouses in a tropic summer. The crewmen were thus allowed to work in shorts and t-shirts instead of very hot flame retardant gear.

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        2. Clift‏ @MasculineCinema 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          You might be talking about Rick Halsey Best. I think later in life, he worked for RAND Corp. By the way, he's the dude on the right.pic.twitter.com/Tq6k15zIyi

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        3. Clift‏ @MasculineCinema 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @MasculineCinema @baseballcrank

          Whoops! Rick should be "Richard". My bad.

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        2. Office of Pilot Punditry‏ @captainkudzu 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Theatrical or divine? There were several make-or-break moments at Midway that seem the result of random chance. Two others include the fact that US search planes found the Japanese fleet in the first place and Yamamoto’s Ill-fated decision to rearm planes, leaving them exposed.

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        3. Jeff Sechelski‏ @JeffSechelski 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @captainkudzu @baseballcrank

          And McCluskey's search planes then followed a straggling IJN ship's wake straight to their fleet. Btw, Yamamato wasn't on site; it was Nagumo who made the fatal decision to rearm.

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        1. Ben@msys‏ @BenSearsMSYS 9 Jul 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.

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        1. Sean R O'Connor‏ @seanroconnor 9 Jul 2019
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          Walter Lord covers this in his book on Midway, “Incredible Victory” He said we had no right to win. We were out gunned in every way and the smart money would be on the Japanese Yet the tide of the Pacific war turned on the actions in about 30 minutes… A pivotal moment in time

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        1. Pete Rowe‏ @PeteRowe73 10 Jul 2019
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          The odds at Midway were much better for the Americans than people think. The US Aviatiors were professionals trained prior to the war and Japanese carriers were woeful in fire fighting and armor. The best book on Midway is “Shattered Sword”.

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