ReBlog

Hey Kids,

I got some good editing done this morning during my lunch break. I’m afraid, however, that I will not make it tonight. I’m entering my 23^rd hour awake since my 3 hour nap yesterday. The writing will have to wait to tomorrow. There are some days busier than others.

Normally, I would be worried that on the second day of the goal reset, I falter. But like I said, not all days are double shifts.

I failed to mention it earlier, but I had my first kidney stone last week. I don’t recommend it. And if you do try it, I then recommend morphine.

On the afternoon that I rushed to the ER, I still didn’t qualify for Top Medical Emergency for the day in the family. My mother was at the same time life-flighted due to heart complications.

What a week last week turned out to be!

My eyes are fighting to stay open. The blog is written and I’ll report more on the writing front tomorrow.

Post #356

Pacific Paratrooper

Captain Mitsuo Fuschida

Capt. Mitsuo Fuschida, Imperial Japanese Navy, pilot

Fuchida was the first pilot to fly over Pearl Harbor when the attack of 7 December occurred – here he describes his view of the Battle of Midway from the deck of the IJN Akagi;

“The first enemy [U.S.] carrier planes to attack were 15 torpedo bombers. When first spotted by our screening ships and combat air patrol, they were still not visible from the carriers, but they soon appeared as tiny dark specks in the blue sky, a little above the horizon, on Akagi’s starboard bow. The distant wings flashed in the sun. Occasionally one of the specks burst into a spark of flame and trailed black smoke as it fell into the water. Our fighters were on the job and the enemy again seemed to be without fighter protection.

IJN Akagi

“Presently a report came in from a Zero…

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Mike M Jensen

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