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Sewer Pipe Snipe
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Posted: 23 May 2020 at 5:02am |
There won't be a Memorial Day program at the schools this year. Too bad, it was one of the few times the youngsters were actually exposed to American Patriotic Heroism. You may have read about my post on my wife's Uncle she never met. She hadn't even been born when he died at Midway. I used to relate part of their story when invited. Johnny Ralph Cole flew as the Radioman Gunner on a Douglas TBD-1, off Yorktown CV-5, Torpedo 3, Plane T7, Pilot Lt. Patrick Henry Hart, squadron XO.
They went at the Japanese Carriers a full half an hour after Torp 8 and Torp 6. So they had some idea of what awaited them
The torpedo planes were
old fire traps that were so slow—those old TBDs would go about 80 knots, with
the nose down maybe 110—awkward and had no self-sealing tanks. They needed
protection more than anyone else, so that governed our decision. As an aside, Lieutenant Patrick Hart was Posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for this action. Johnny Ralph Cole ARM1c earned his Purple Heart the hard way.
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