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2004-02-07 Down Under

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-07 1:23:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In the book who was used in the 80s at West Point for teaching history of WWII in Pacific it is told that an Australian recon pilot sighted a Japanese fleet sailing I think it was toward New Guinea and the pilot went to have his 5'o clock tea instead of reporting.

Don't know if it is true, only that Americans found 1942 Australia a sleepy country and Australians being lax so they were prone to believe this story.

Posted by JFM 2004-2-7 9:45:29 AM|| 2004-2-7 9:45:29 AM|| Front Page Top

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