Kill Yamamoto: The Mission to Avenge Pearl Harbor - Part 2
Conflicted: A History Podcast
Tom Lanfear's Premature Celebrations
Tom lanfear junior took credit for killing yama moto over an unsecured channel. The other pilots were horrified at tom's premature celebrations. If picked by the japanese, Tom's self congratulation could put the entire pacific strategy at risk. Rex barber walked into a huge party atmosphere when he returned to guata canal with his plane full of holes and fuel tank running on fumes. There were even scraps of the Japanese bombers imbedded in his p 38 fuselage.
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