Trivia!

The Sullivans, five brothers lost on the USS juno, changed US policy in regard to family on same ship
or fighting unit,
Carlo

 

Correct, you're up.
J

 

Name the Allied Captain and his ship that was sunk in WW2 by the Axis, who later decorated the Axis attacker
for his action against this same Captain and his ship.

Name also the Axis comander who was to receive this decoration.

 

Wow I thought that somebody would get it in a short time, so do you boys need a hint?

After all it was one of those events that made the Italians look real good, and the Brits real bad.

 

This one isn't as easy as you may have thought...
J

 

Big HINT

19 December 1941

 

In 1945 Emilio Bianchi and Luigi Durand de La Penne (who later also had a class of destroyer launched in his honour) received the Gold Medal for Military Valour from Vice-admiral Charles Morgan chief of Mediterranean Fleet and former captain of HMS Valiant.
That was really hard to find, but a very cool fact.
--Chase

 

That is correct, your up

 

What was the primary force tasked with defending the Canadian west coast from German naval menace during WWI?

 

The RCN's involvement with subs originated on the eve of WWI, when the Premier of British Columbia purchased two submarines. They were built in Seattle, and intended for the Chilean Navy, but were sold to BC when Chili defaulted. Named CC1 and CC2, the two subs resembled the 'C' class of the Royal Navy, and were commissioned into the RCN.

 

You'd think that would be the logical answer, however its not. The real answer seems somehow ironic given how events unfolded in later years.
--Chase

 

OK so what did they use "fishing trawlers" to fight off the evil Kaisers salmon?

 

I think it was coastal artillery. They nearly sank the two submarines because nobody thought to tell them the Subs would be arriving.

 

It was comprised of ships belonging to another countries navy.

--Chase

 

That would be the Imperial Japanese Navy's North American taskforce?

 

Correct.

--Chase

 

ok....next question. Why was Mark Twain important to the Doolittle raid?

 

Among the several modifications to the B-25 bombers used for the raid, was the replacement of their Norden bombsight with a makeshift aiming sight, devised by pilot Capt. C. Ross Greening and called the "Mark Twain".
--Chase

 

I made that too easy, didn't I? You got it .

 

This ship owes most of its fame to the date 1939/9/1