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June 29: Icthyology Numerology
A lot of things happened on both Tinian and Amity Islands on June 29. Let us help you make some sense of it. If history is written by the victor, then we do not know whom to trust in the … Continue reading
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Tagged brody, gaffes, Hiroshima, indianapolis, June 29, kintner, movie, quint, vaughn
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On July 30, 1945 the U.S.S. Indianapolis Was Torpedoed—Where Was Quint?
The emerging field of Quint scholarship suggests that maybe Quint was not even aboard the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. How could he otherwise have misrepresented, by a month and … Continue reading
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Tagged Guam, Hiroshima, indianapolis, Leyete Gulf, quint, Tinian, verdugo huut
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At Least “We Dropped the Bomb”
They were all drinking a lot of apricot brandy that night, so maybe Quint can be forgiven, but the Captain of the Orca claimed to have been on the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was attacked by a Japanese sub, … Continue reading
Drinking to our appendices
Perhaps the greatest intellectual debate (aside from this one) of our age is upon us.