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Not mentioned was how many B-29 crews were lost over Japan, flying over the Pacific ocean and also taking off and landing at their air bases in the Marinas (air accidents do happen). There was air defence such as flak and fighters over Japan, but it was not as coordinated and technically advanced as air defence over the Third Reich. Allied bomber crews over Europe suffered horrifically high casulties rates bombing targets in the Reich. War is horrific and abhorrent, and the killing of approximately a million civilians across the world in World War 2 of all belligerent nations (except the United States which was then unreachable by strategic bombing) from air raids was terrible. Truely bombing cities was and is an instrument of mass destruction.
"Oh yea, then I married Norman..." making her independently wealthy for the rest of her life from rags, but he was boring. Interesting how he went off and conveniently died (age 43, so not old by any standard), so she could spend his money without dealing with "boring" Norman anymore.
In war might is right no matter what the politics were. Think if both Hitler Germany and Japan had developed the atomic bombs before USA.am sure with both these regimes struggling to survive am sure they would have used them.
Aah a piece of cloth. It appears to me these current tymes throughout this fallen world, the "robe" has been torn. Not by all of course na I doth thank our Lord for those who do their best to uphold thee Constitution. That robe doth not automatically insure or make someone HONORABLE. Honor na righteousness be borne of thee heart not a garment or oathor title. Our Lord gave us TEN Commandments na yet man has seen it necessary to establish 30,000 + laws. . Isiaih 9 : 6 -7: the Government be estalished upon HIS shoulder. HIS government not man's 🙏🙏🙏
When people criticize Israel for the way they are fighting in the Gaza strip, unlike what Israel is doing, they need to see the impact of unrestrained warfare in Japan or in Dresden.
Seemed interesting however there is a strange laugh track on it. Do not see what is so funny about this. Very disturbing and creepy to hear people laugh at this
This was critical a little too critical specially on the slavery issue grant truly didn't have strong feelings on the subject before the war, the slaves belonged to his inlaws who he was essentially working for and the one slave that was personally given to him he freed it's unfair for the author to say he didn't know why grant freed the slave. Grant has always had it hard from writers since his death thank God people are looking at him fairly and not through the lense of southern foes he defeated in battle through his armies, they could not defeat him in battle so they ruined his reputation and made small faults he had into earth shattering matters while making a demigod out of Lee.
This looks like a pictography of our Lord's passion .....The images you mentioned on the bottom right .... represending the agony in the garden where he had to take on all the sins of humanity as we allow the demonic to feed off of us when we have affection for or choose to sin .... The scourging , The carrying the cross ..... and then the crucifixion where Jesus is " the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" instead of a "horse"
Thank you for posting this lecture online. I wasn’t able to attend in person (as planned), so I’m very grateful that I could still tune in and learn more about Grace Sherwood.
It's fine that the video balances the arguments from both sides of the divide 👍. Many, such as myself, who are not trained in the biotechnology of food crops 🍎🍉, but who wish for such advancements in seeds and crops engineering, pray and hope 🤞 that proponents of this technology will respect the ethical requirements of such advancements🙏.
THE HATE IS REAL “MYTH” sheesh NO RESPECT AT ALL…… WELL THAT DOESN’T SURPRISE ME AT ALL SEEING ALL THE VETERANS N HOMELESS SLEEPING ON OUR STREETS …..YOUR NARRATIVE IS SICK 😤
Thank you Dr. Rossino. Fascinating observation about macadamized roads, when regarded by Confederate forces who were short of shoes. I've heard many references to a warehouse of shoes being an alleged objective of the Confederates at the Battle of Gettysburg. I assume this was also a concern for horses, unshod hooves were likely also not suited to travel on macadamized roads.
I found an inaccuracy in the report about the electric chair. The Virginia electric chair, was made by a man who created them for many prisons, Carl Adams. Adams made the same electric chair for New Jersey (retired), Virginia (retired) and South Carolina (active). In fact, if you look at pictures of the other electric chairs, you'll notice they all look similar. At the time, his design was revolutionary because it was the only design of the time to utilize an outside power source (utility company). According to Adam's records, Virginia bought the whole electric chair setup for $3,700, which also included the wooden chair that was created by The Trenton Pattern Works, which even included polished bronze trimmings, which made the chair even more creepy, imho. Adams was a big fan of outsourcing parts to local businesses (straps, the chair itself, electrical supplies, etc). However, as a side note, there was some controversy in Adam's Virginia sell. When he sold Virginia the electric chair, he charged the state $3,700. The deal was that 1/3 of the cash would be paid at the time of the order. Another 1/3 would be paid upon delivery with another $500 upon installation. There was a little conflict as the remaining balance was due at the time of the first execution. Adams even wrote E.F. Morgan (the former warden of VSP), complaining about not getting the rest of his money because there had been no execution, on Aug 28, 1908. However, on Oct. 13, 1908, they had their first execution and Adams received the rest of his money. One big reason this became an issue was because Adams would often go out-of-pocket to obtain materials for his clients, such as a $3,000 electrical apparatus, back in 1908. As a small business man, it put him in a bit of a financial bind, at the time. One flaw that E.F. Morgan had about the design was that he complained the original headpiece didn't fit African-American heads very well. Adams wrote him back that he would fix the design and not charge him for it because he wanted his clients to be happy. I guess that's why the final helmet looked like something from WWI, but it was spring-loaded to give a flexible fit with a huge electrode on top. Another time that Morgan contacted Adams was when they once held five electrocutions in one night. Morgan purchased an extra headpiece, legpiece, electrodes and sponges from Adams--I suppose they were going to alternate, due to the heat of each execution. Another point was that Adams used Morgan as a reference, of sorts. The electric chair business was a limited market, with few customers. Adams relied upon the satisfaction of his customers, such as Morgan, to sell other electric chair contracts, like how he sold South Carolina their electric chair. Other than the original Adams design, I guesstimate it was updated about five times in it's life, before retirement. There's the original Adam's design, which used a wheel to increase the voltage. Then I'm guessing there was a system of levers, which was popular in the 1930s. Then I know they had a system of two black switches, which was likely a 50s design. The final VSP version was updated to include GE hardware, including the GE Limitamp with a transformer with 6-8 bushings, which is what you hear engage in the Richard Boggs execution, when they push the button. Lastly, it was modernized to it's final form, when it was moved to Greenville, before finally being retired. Hope you found this useful!
Excellent presentation. The Muleshoe was exactly what the soldiers who fought there characterized it....hell. The horrors that the men who fought there witnessed cannot be comprehended by those who live now....may they always be remembered. .
