Although the Tom Garth character was fictional, his combat experience was based on an actual pilot. Daniel Sheedy was assigned to VF-3 and flew as part of the fighter escort for VT-3. While attacking a Zero that was going after his wingman, Sheedy's aircraft was attacked by another Zero, leaving significant damage. Sheedy was able to disengage and return to the American fleet. Instead of landing on his assigned carrier, Yorktown, he attempted to land on the USS Hornet. Due to battle damage, his landing gear collapsed when attempting to land, but he did survive the crash. Sheedy would go on to receive the Navy Cross for his actions at Midway and would retire as a Commander in 1963.

I’m so excited for this one! I grew up loving Egyptology and this movie is one of my favorites, despite its inaccuracies.

I recently did a re-watch of the series and came to KZbin wanting to find more info about the real history. Very interesting facts here about Abe's real family. I appreciate Troy correcting the record on Simcoe here. The real John Graves Simcoe basically helped found Upper Canada, what would later become Ontario. He was a staunch abolitionist and did a lot of good things. I don't want to over sell it, because he also helped to uphold colonialism in other ways, but he wasn't the horror movie villain this show characterized him as. Some of the attributes the show gave to Major Hewlett, were actually true of Simcoe.

Good show

Watch jfk the movie it’s good

Great interview and conversation!

I want to believe Oswald acted alone but the fact that he lived in Moscow, was let back into the US/USSR let him go, went to Mexico City means someone/something was funding his activities.

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Most of the Doolittle Raid footage came from "30 Seconds Over Tokyo".

What about A Rush to Judgement by Mark Lane, and the Lee Harvey Oswald " trial" from 1986? You have a lot of debunking to do. This one won't get you far.

Plenty of scumbags were CIA operatives.

It's my favorite movie. I've seen it a million times. I agree with you that the actors are great, but in my opinion you are underestimating Kevin Costner. He was THE man for the role. No one would have been so good. I will also mention Jim Garrison who was great as Earl Warren.

Simcoe was killed in Harry Potter.

Bought the show on Vudu and I am rewatching it.

He knows very little about assassination

1:41:41 According to The Report Of The Warren Commission, The New York Times Edition (1964), Lee Harvey Oswald “scored an IQ of 118 on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. According to [Irving] Sokolow, this indicated a “present intellectual functioning in the upper range of bright normal intelligence.” (Pg. 357)

Even when I was a conspiracy theorist, I always had this nagging problem of why, if the plan was to make Oswald the lone shooter patsy, would you risk using three snipers who could miss and hit others, proving a conspiracy?

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I just discovered your channel. You have me hooked.

The issue, bigger than weather L.H. Oswald was serious rifleman or not, is how he was allowed to be in that sixth floor window in first place? The presidential protection measures should have sealed all the windows, doors and manhole covers on that route where the motorcade drove through. Specially in the city where the inviroment was openly and violently hostile to president.

same here(B)it was a well made entertaining film(l’ve rewatched a number of times)that Little Round Top segment was intense,those beards though were a distraction,much respect for General Longstreet 🤔

The mountain is called “Sagarmatha, goddess” by locals even before the western people came to east. Obviously the whole fuss about who climbed first sounds idiotic and egoistic.

I stopped watching the series at the begining of season three, but the relationship between Billy Bones and Captain Flint seemed to be going in the direction of the Stevenson book. In the book Treasure Island Stevenson says that Bones was Flint's caretaker in the final years of his life. If the reader wants he or she can read that Bones and Flint were a gay couple and Bones took care of Flint until his bitter end. Maybe its just the romantic in me, but the series establishes Flint as gay and Bones falling into thrall to him.

Great video. Just a few notes about who is who: Israel Hands is also a character in Treasure Island. Ben Gunn is too. Ned Lowe was an actual pirate. A 4th category could be historical representations as the Maroon Queen is based on Queen Nanny of the Jamaican Maroons. Eleanor and Richard Guthrie are loosely based on a Scottish merchant family in Nassau. Finally, the character of Julius was based on the slave revolt leader in the Bahamas, Caeser.

Kudos guys! Marty nails it in his very first sentence! Great job fellas! If you guys want to laugh hysterically, read anything by James DiEugenio!

Gerald Ford hated JFK and even challenged Oliver Stone to a debate on it

Geezus, The media completely caved in on the notion that Oliver Stone and Jim Garrison were not credible. This Video is a perfect example. You cannot examine the forensic evidence, ballistic evidence, and witness testimony and not know there was a vast conspiracy and Cover-up. It is not Jim Garrison's fault that so many of the main players were gay in this story. But the numbers are stunning. David Ferrie, Clay Shaw, Jack Ruby, Larry Cawfard, possibly Ruth Paine, and even General Walker who was arrested TWICE For Solicitation in a men's bathroom. I think this is a testimony to how the CIA works. They love misfits. Gay misfits? Sure. Why not? Making fun of the obvious evidence of JFK's head jerking back to the left is the saddest part of this Conspiracy. That has been the one of the talking points of the single shooter nonsense. It wasn't just the head jerking back. IT was the bone, blood and brain splatter all over the back of the Limo and the front of the Secret Service Limo and the two patrol officers to the left of the JFK Limo.

this guy is full of it definitely a asset for someone!

there's probably some good info in here that would make a case challenging theories but unfortunately the guest speaker is more passionate about criticizing Oliver Stone and his movie making methods than communicating to the viewer what inconsistancies there are between actual evidence and known facts vs. the movie.

The Italians call the Carcarno the Humanitarian gun because you can't kill anyone with it.

Movie was a lousy one...Books on this tragedy gave a much better perspective

This guy LOVES the smell of his own farts...

JFK was assassinated by the mafia, come on now

As a 71 year old admirer / fan / student of Chaplin, (I also met Charlie, Oona, Rachael Ford, (Chaplin long time Secretary), & Sydney Jr. when Chaplin returned to the USA get his Oscar in April of 1972), I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Mr. Eyman zero’s in on the Chaplin film, which was the discussion here, in a concise way which got to the point and should be most interesting to those wishing to learn more about Chaplin. Thank you so much for sharing this interview with all of us!!

I’ve seen the Panther jet crash used in three different movies. This one where it represents a WWII airplane. In “The Hunt for Red October,” where it represents an F-14 crash. And in a Korean War movie in which it represents a Panther jet crash. I recently read that in the real crash the pilot survived.

Jon Parshall is a great historian. If you liked him here you should check out his contributions to the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast. His episodes on Midway alone are worth a listen. Enjoy!

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has One

Scott did make it to the top in the movie

You really need to check your facts!!!!

There is so much overwhelming evidence of an intelligence hit, it's sickening to say otherwise!

depends on how much weed you smoke. I am pro-vajazzle as many people know.

A great appearance by Jon again on a show about The Battle of Midway. Shattered Sword is a great book. So is the newer book on Midway by Craig Symonds. I will be looking forward to the show on the 1976 movie on June 4. I think both the 1976 and 2019 have their strengths and weaknesses. For me, the 1976 one has much better actors and gives better background on the battle. The negative for it is the "personal" side stories and the use of incorrect film footage in it. The 2019 movie does a better job with depicting the correct aircraft even though many details on them are wrong. The biggest probable with it is the casting of the actors. Besides Yamaguchi, Layton, Nimitz and Halsey, none of the other characters are likeable. i also agree with Jon on the "Star Wars-afication" of the flight scenes. It is not how airplanes perform for the most part.

The Corsican Ogre. He deserves a bad film about him.

Krakauer was a journalist and was paid to live and write among the real mountaineers. When the disaster struck and he found an opportunity to describe the details of those 48 hours, Krakauer chose to put himself in the very best light possible.

Ce film de mister Scott EST UNE GROSSE MERDE pour les incultes une HONTE envers l'histoire, un piège à cons pour faire du fric !! Meme le génial joaquim Phénix passe pour un DEBILE mental. C'est Moche, mal filmé en plus..... et ca ose s'appeler "NAPOLEON" ! J'ai bien fait de le voir à la TV ça m'aurait fait mal de payer pour une aussi grosse DAUBE ! @ridleyScott ..." c'est de la merde ton film"

The Rockefeller crowd were after him,he wasnt part of those traitors

I lasted 11 minutes

The John Birch Society was a Zionist front. Nothing more or less. Many anti-jfk people were homosexuals and indeed, Garrisons wife asked that same question. You so called truthers responding to this thread are just.....paid lackeys of The Lukudist agenda. What do Trump and Putin share??? Jewish ancestry on their fathers side.

@marshalz146 You are sick in the brain! There are a lot of people left like you two, Trump supporters, Lol.

Gyllanall made it to the summit and he touched to top of the pile.