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(1)October 4, 1965
(2)Ready to launch from the aircraft carrier Midway operating off Vietnam
(3)It’s an A-1 Skyradar attack aircraft
(4)I’m hanging a bomb
(5)There’s a weird guy on the wall
(6)Yes, that’s right.
(7)It’s the toilet
(8)There’s a behind-the-scenes story about that picture
(9)First of all, the attack squad
(10)It’s an unofficial commemoration of the bombing of about 6 million pounds, 2721 tons
(11)I dropped the toilet as a souvenir, like the picture
(12)It’s not a real bomb
(13)I picked up a broken toilet rolling around in the box
(14)They’re fitted to the aircraft with air-bombs and tail wings
(15)This bomb is
(16)CV-41 is a member of Midway
(17)A-1H 135297 with the 25th U.S. Navy Attack Squadron
(18)Even the pilot in that picture
(19)It’s not a regular pilot
(20)He was the battalion commander of that squadron
(21)That it was Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Stoddard
(22)The battalion commander himself led that crazy thing [Laughing]
(23)To fly away with that bomb
(24)Lieutenant Colonel Stoddard and the gunmen in the ship secretly orchestrated this
(25)On the day of the mission, the crew on the deck was on the bridge
(26)He didn’t spare his cooperation by covering his body from seeing this toilet bomb
(27)Right before we left the bridge
(28)I saw that empty toilet bowl
(29)What’s that thing on the right wing of 572!!!!!
(30)And that’s how it explodes from all lines of communication
(31)Lieutenant Colonel Stoddard will transfer normally without any restraintLOL
(32)Lieutenant Colonel Stoddard’s mission was in the Mekong
(33)Armed controllers who witnessed this bombing on the ground at the time testified
(34)He testified that the toilet whistled past, and the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Stoddard, said
(35)Immediately after dropping the toilet, the toilet was caught in the airflow and didn’t fall off, but it floated slightly and almost hit the gas
(36)That’s all
(37)The aircraft armament and exterior fittings are
(38)I’m not just saying anything
(39)Each model has a fixed number of armaments and even positions that can be mounted
(40)It’s a very romantic event
(41)It was also a very dangerous romance
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