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Name the airplane and pilot that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki. ______________ and ________________

Bocks Car and Major Charles Sweeney.

What was the nickname given to the Christmas Cards sent out by King George VI of England in 1940?

Blitzmas Cards.

Who was the top American Ace to shoot down the most enemy planes?

Richard Bong. Richard Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft. Bong was awarded the Medal of Honor by General Douglas MacArthur.

What was 'Axis Sally's' real name?

Mildred Gillars. The Japanese equivalent to Axis Sally was Tokyo Rose.

During WW2 three short and one long note was used as a code signal for V for Victory. From what musical work did this come from?

Beethovens' 5th Symphony'. Three short notes followed by one long note is the signal for V in the Morse code.

What was the nickname given to the U.S. battleship, USS Massachusetts?

Big Mamie. The USS Massachusetts fought in 35 battles in WWII and lost not a single man.

What was the name of the individual ration given for one day to a soldier in the field?

K- Rations. K-Rations were carried by the GIs and Marines in WWII. "C-rats" were not introduced until the Korean and Vietnam wars. These were replaced by freeze-dried MREs (Meals, ready-to-eat)in the 1980s.

What was the name of the B17 in which Clark Gable flew a mission over Europe in?

8-Ball. Gable was discharged as a Major, having won the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Medal.

Robert Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy in WW2 and served on the destroyer named after his father.

t. The ship was the USS Joseph P. Kennedy.

In 1944 ___________ _____________ was the journalist to receive the Pulitzer Prize for General Correspondence.

Ernie Pyle.