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[Charlie]

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Which one is the male?

 

[RoadRunner]

Which one is the male?

It is hard to tell now days.

 

[mroper]

Your dad's exploits may have been the basis for part of a novel I read by W.E.B. Griffin called "The Fighting Agents. The submarine used in the story for the insertion was the Drum and not the Narwhal but I don't believe the Drum carried out any missions like your dad's.
Perhaps it was "poetic license" on the part of the author (although he uses a lot of real people like "Wild Bill" Donovan in the story), and maybe it was based on others.
At any rate, it's a good book and if you haven't already read it, I'd recommend it.

I believe there is a whole series with alot of those chararcters in it. It was pretty good.

 

[DubiousDan]

I believe there is a whole series with alot of those chararcters in it. It was pretty good.

" Men at War series" 7 books in the series.

 

[benenglish]

Both the Drum and the Narwhal were used for those insertions.

Most of the histories I've read have been woefully incomplete. Did that book talk about the idiotic attempt to insert an entire radar installation into the occupied Philippines? They were on the boat with my dad. When they went ashore, unlike my dad, they weren't mobile. They had too much equipment. As a result, they were slaughtered in just a few days.

 

[Charlie]

Yep! (Ref. "Which one is the male.")

 

[Texan-in-Training]

Most of the histories I've read have been woefully incomplete.

As Dan mentioned above, it's part of the seven book "Men At War" series.
The story is about the OSS agents, both in Europe and the Philippines.
When the US commander of Corregidor surrendered all of US Forces in the Philippines to the Japanese, one US officer declined turning in his arms and people and they went underground as part of the resistance. That part of the book involves a critical supply mission and verification that communications from the group were not actually the Japanese, "baiting" a trap.
Anyhow, you might like the book.

 

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[Dad_Roman]

4658....Lancaster of said Dam Busters dropping mentioned drum bomb.

4659 & 60.....good ole B-25

 

[benenglish]

Anyhow, you might like the book.

I think I might and I meant no disrespect to anyone. I apologize for being snippy.

Dad's mission was not a part of the organized resistance. I've read the mission lists for the Drum and Narwhal. I think I know the date and location of his original insertion and it was a solo undertaking. It was also explicitly one-way as in he was thanked for giving his life for his country before he boarded the Narwhal. He was never re-supplied; he was expected to live off the land until he was caught and either captured or killed.

Contrarian that he was, he turned out to be something of a bother by surviving. They pulled him out before the invasion and just getting to the exfiltration point timely was a Herculean task for a 6 foot man who, by that time, weighed just a little over 100 pounds.

Thinking too much about the old man tonite, I guess. I should turn in.

 

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[Dad_Roman]

4663...Lancaster. I believe thats the original dam buster type bomb

4664....P-40 Warhawk

4665...B-24 Liberator. Some great nose paint there.

 

[Dad_Roman]

Great pic^^^^^^ but not a Lancaster

....aaaand you end up with...

 

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Is that you?

I never got to do that with a jet since the I spent most of my time in legacy Hercs. Didn't do the Js until my reserve time and didn't fly very much.