More Military "Who is this"

[zbody]

#1 Phil Buckley

[zbody]

#4 The Fighting Hellfish is a reference to the army unit that both Abraham Simpson and Montgomery Burns were members of I have also seen it on the side of a Navy Helicopter. Maybe HSL-43 BATTLECATS DET 8 "Fighting Hellfish Widespread Panic" Y2K - USS ELLIOT

[Tactical Neural Implant]

#2 is Carl Brasher

Can you name the other 7 Springfield members of the Hellfish? Other than SGT.Abraham Simpson and Montgomery Burns.




Keep Guessing!

[RobAGD]

#1 - LCDR Draper L. Kauffman

http://www.pe.net/~xsealtm/indexx1.htm

http://www.pe.net/~xsealtm/

Gawd there are a lot of poopoo Seal sites out there gezzzz

Hows that ?

BTW - Chesty Puller was a Marines Marine. He got 5 Service crosses and got the 5th Cross instead of his

-Robert

ps #4 is Brigadier General(Postumously) William Orlando Darby

http://darbysrangers.tripod.com/id3.htm

Heheh I found out where Tack Nuck is getting his history from I wont post the url and ruin his fun, but its a great site for cool info....

[Kevmag]

extra credit

is the insignia for the CB's?

BTW - I thought Chesty was a marine? The most decorated marine in history? Referenced in the move "Full Medal Jacket" I think.

[RobAGD]

Chesty Puller - this site is alittle hard to read, its an eye bleeder.

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3201/chesty.html

http://www.gnt.net/~jrube/chestpul.htm

http://www.gnt.net/~jrube/text/puller.htm

There is a great book about him, you can find it used in a lot of book shops.

-Robert

[Tactical Neural Implant]

#4 is william Darby of Darby's Ranger fame!


#1 is a good guess. I slightly mislead you though Let me specify a little more. He turned the UDT into the Seals! He is refered to as the "Godfather" of all seals. Ask Spraying Mango - if he doesn't know this.....



Hmm. looks like its time to find some new webpages to reference. It's getting tougher finding good pictures and people. You guys are good!


the extra credit: most of the members are relatives of living springfielders!

[zbody]

#1 Roy Boehm

[Cristobal]

yeah, I think zbody has got it: #1 is LCDR Roy Boehm (I even found the picture you used!)



And while we're at it, here's another picture to keep you all guessing.


Each of these three gentlement has quite a history, but we'll try and keep this somewhat difficult:

#1: In January 1941, the guy on the left was the US Navy's top choice to command the fleet in Pearl Harbor, but he diclined to accept the post.

#2: The tall guy in the middle was the chief. If you know who the other two are, you'll probably know who their boss was.

#3: The man on the right served on the staff of the man on the left, and commanded the US Fleet at the battle of Midway. Earlier in his carrier he had been known as a destroyer commander, and the Navy later honored him by naming a class of destoyers after him.

#4: Bonus (I know its not a person, but that's why its a bonus) -- the ship they are standing on is a Portland Class heavy cruiser and was the usual flagship of the man on the right.

[Cristobal]

sorry, here's the pic

[Cristobal]

#5: This man was the Navy's second choice for CINCPAC just prior to WWII. He accepted, but was later sacked following the disaster on December 7th.

[RobAGD]

Well the guy on the left should be Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

The middle guy I am still working on and a wild guess on right side is Burke but I am doing some more searching.

-Robert

Ok it was Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

[RobAGD]

Have to give credit to Army for this on Kemmel was the guy that got sacked after Perl.

-Robert

[Army]

Left is Adm. Arleigh Burke (current class of DD is named for him).
Right is R.Adm. Fletcher, commanded Task Force 7.

They should be standing on the USS Astoria, where Fletcher moved his flag after the Yorktown went down.

[Cristobal]

Rob is right, the guy on the left (#1) is Chester Nimitz, who replaced (#5) Husband Kimmel as CINCPAC following Pearl Harbor. Raymond Spruance is also correct for #3 (the guy on the right).

Army, I'm impressed with your knowledge though you're too recent on your destroyer class: Burke is not in the picture. He would have been too young to have been selected for CINCPAC in 1941 anyway.

If Fletcher was in the picture, then the Astoria would be a logical guess, unfortunately he's not pictured either. Also, the Astoria was of the New Orleans class.

As for the guy in the middle, here's a whopping king sized clue: he was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the war (WWII, obviously), and was instrumental in obtaining the necessary offensive resources for Pacific theater operations against Japan, despite the overall "Germany first" strategy taken by the US.