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Post by hornet32 on Sept 9, 2013 16:57:37 GMT -5
Big Mac was arrogant true a chip off the old block you might say as his dad was most arrogant , to my knowledge the were the only father and son team to be awarded the MOH , I don't know if Big Mac was aware of where OZ was until he got there or cared were it was , he and Nimitz were at odds over most everything an they matched arrogance against arrogance , Nimitz did a lot of Island hoping he wasn't equipped to start campaigns that was why there is an Army , If I had been the boss at Tarawa there would have been a lot of court marshals , but the Navy / Marines managed take an absolute cluster fuck and make it heroic , Admiral King took a lot of heat over that one , people wanted to know why so many casualties over an Island that was less than a square mile .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 9, 2013 17:19:19 GMT -5
Mac was an American, of course he would have NIL idea where Australia was.
Just south of Germany!
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 9, 2013 17:34:15 GMT -5
I would say that OZ was not high on Big Macs list .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 9, 2013 17:48:42 GMT -5
I think Mac was more interested in the White House than a bunker in Melbourne.
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Post by Sir John on Sept 9, 2013 17:48:53 GMT -5
DEEP bunker!
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 9, 2013 20:59:02 GMT -5
Yes Big Mac did keep the Democrats on edge when he made remarks about the White House , Big Mac was a power in the republican party which is why he got away with what he did , but above all Big Mac was a legend in his own mind .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 13, 2013 18:03:11 GMT -5
Did Mac have any hope of dislodging Truman in '48, did he even try to get the '48 nomination? or of winning the GOP nomination in 1952?
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 13, 2013 18:29:55 GMT -5
No Big Mac was a Soldier through and through he had but one problem he had a boss FDR who Big Mac looked upon as a an inconvenience .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 13, 2013 18:43:38 GMT -5
I can remember the sacking by Truman, it was a sensation over here as I am sure it was in the US.
It said a lot about Truman's backbone, as did the Berlin Airlift etc. You should dig him up and stick him back in the White House!
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 13, 2013 19:57:54 GMT -5
Truman put up with a lot from Big Mac , but drew the line with nuking China , Big Mac considered this to be insubordination and went public with it , this pissed Truman off .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 13, 2013 20:19:05 GMT -5
"Truman put up with a lot from Big Mac"
We know the feeling!
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 15, 2013 9:15:44 GMT -5
But when ALL things are considered Japan found out it was a good idea to lose the war to the U.S. they have never been better off . This something OZ should consider , enlist all their immigrants then declare war on the U.S. , problem solved .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 15, 2013 12:32:04 GMT -5
Google,
'The Mouse That Roared'
SJ
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