Hi Neal: The US already had Molokai before WWII. We r still removing shells from Vietnam training though. Our beaches were good training for amphibious. Tom
Sent from my iPad On Nov 14, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Neal Hammon <[email protected]> wrote: > As I recall, when I was in the navy in 1943, the top brass in Pearl Harbor > considered invading Molokai, but decided it wasn't worth the trouble. > Instead, they decided to re-take one of the Aleutian Islands, that had been > invaded by the Japs. > > The trouble with that plan was that the Japs decided the Aleutians were not > worth the trouble, and pulled out and went home. I was so foggy that no one > noticed they were gone, so we went on with the invasion anyhow. > > So the admirals were sorry they hadn't landed on Molokai instead, since it > was a lot closer. > > I have a lot of good war stories like this, but I am getting old, and my > memory is fading somewhat. > > Neal > > > > > On Nov 13, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Chubacha wrote: > > I live on Molokai. No traffic lights. Few stores. Moved here from louisvile > in 2006. Spouse and I both taught at speed school. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 13, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tom you have piqued my interest. Where in the world is the small island >> upon which you live? Are you speaking metaphorically or literally? If >> literally how do you know of this listserve? >> >> Thanks for your help. Oh one other question who makes the speck case? >> >> Saturday, November 13, 20104:29 [email protected] >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
