RobertN
Super Member
I have been interested in aircraft carriers for some time. Locally, we have the USS Hornet, CV-12, museum. I have taken Scouts there a few times for their overnight and merit badge programs.
Reading thru my sons World History textbook, they talked about WWII in the Pacific. As I read that, and thought about what I have learned of the Hornet, Lexington, Midway ect. There is something that I have not seen...
All the aircraft carriers were in the Pacific theater. Midway, Santa Cruz, Saipan, Okinawa.
I have not read of any in the Atlantic, off Normandy, or North Africa.
I guess there was no island hopping going on in the European theater to need carriers...???
Reading thru my sons World History textbook, they talked about WWII in the Pacific. As I read that, and thought about what I have learned of the Hornet, Lexington, Midway ect. There is something that I have not seen...
All the aircraft carriers were in the Pacific theater. Midway, Santa Cruz, Saipan, Okinawa.
I have not read of any in the Atlantic, off Normandy, or North Africa.
I guess there was no island hopping going on in the European theater to need carriers...???