Donster Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Wartime Curtis Wright Ad 1941: On the northern Norwegian coast, British light naval units and commandos carry out a raid on the Lofoten islands near Narvik, destroying the port and oil storage facilities. 1941: Hitler increases the pressure on Yugoslavia to join the Tripartite pact by inviting Prince Paul, the regent, to Berchtesgaden. Hitler demands that he allows German troops to pass through Yugoslavia for an attack on Greece. In return, the port of Salonika and part of Macedonia will be ceded to Yugoslavia. 1941: The British start to transfer some of its units from Egypt to Greece. These are to be under the command of General Maitland Wilson. Veda Ann Borg 1942: Two Kawanishi flying boats based at Jaluit and Wotje in the Marshall Islands were used as long-range bombers and on March 4 bombed Oahu, Hawaii. The French Frigate Shoals, some 700 miles northwest of Hawaii Island, were to be used by the Japanese seaplanes as a rendezvous point with submarines carrying fuel and bombs. The French Frigate Shoals had not been used by the Japanese Fleet as a seaplane base in the 1941 carrier attack on Pearl Harbor which began the Pacific War. Having come into classified U.S.Navy Information with the fall of Wake I. on 23 December 1941, however, the Japanese then possibly decided to utilize the atoll. Refueling and arming of two Kawanishi H8K flying boats took place in the night of 3 March 1942 (U.S. time), which carried out a unsuccessful raid on the Ten-Ten Dock at Pearl Harbor the day after. (MORE INFO) 1942: USS Enterprise attacks Marcus Island, just 1000 miles from Japan. Veda Ann Borg 1944: The USAAF launch, but then cancel the first daylight heavy bomber raid on Berlin. However 29 aircraft fail to receive the counter-order and bomb the capital. 1944: Convoy RA-57 (31 ships) sailing the Arctic route from the Kola Peninsula to Loch Ewe, is attacked off Norway. The steam merchant Empire Tourist is sunk by U-703 for 7,062 gross tons lost. However, the convoys escorts sink 3 U-boats en-route. 1944: Zhukov renews his attacks against the forces of Manstein's Army Group South in the Ukraine. Veda Ann Borg 1944: Merrill’s ‘Marauders’ fight their first major action in Burma. 1945: The First Belorussian Front breaks through at Stargard and drives towards Stettin and also establishes a new bridgehead across the Oder to the South of Frankfurt. Veda Ann Borg *Veda Ann Borg was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 11, 1915. Borg was the daughter of Gottfried Borg, a Swedish immigrant and Minna Noble. She became a model in 1936 before winning a contract at Paramount Pictures. A car crash in 1939 necessitated drastic reconstruction of her face by plastic surgery over a period of two years. She appeared in more than one hundred films, including Mildred Pierce, Chicken Every Sunday, Love Me or Leave Me, Guys and Dolls, and Thunder in the Sun. Her last appearance was as an bedraggled Indian woman in the John Wayne-directed The Alamo (1960). Borg began accepting parts in television when the new medium opened up. From 1952 through 1961, she appeared on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater, The 20th Century-Fox Hour, The Abbott and Costello Show, Bonanza, The Red Skelton Show, Adventures of Superman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Mr. & Mrs. North, among many others. In 1953-54, she substituted for Joan Blondell as "Honeybee Gillis" in The Life of Riley TV series. Borg was married to Paul Herrick (1942) and Veda's second marriage (1946-1958) to director Andrew McLaglen produced three children, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, and Andrew Victor McLaglen II. She met second husband Andrew V. McLaglen in 1945 when appearing with his father Victor McLaglen in Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945). Both marriages ended in divorce. She died on August 16, 1973 of cancer in Hollywood, California at age 58. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Resistance is futile............I would love to be assimilated :icon_bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Helmet Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I bet she gives great helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Maybe being Borg isn't all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I wonder if she knew Ernest Borgnine? Perhaps Ernest was of the same family, but just the ninth kid? What if Ernest Borgnine went into space, deep space ... and he met a race of aliens... and we did a documentary about his travels and called it Deep Space Ernest Borg Nine. Yeah, cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 1944: The USAAF launch, but then cancel the first daylight heavy bomber raid on Berlin. However 29 aircraft fail to receive the counter-order and bomb the capital. Oh, yeah, I can hear it now! "Radio to Skipper. Hey, Skip, they want us to abort the Mission! Copy?" "Skip to Radio. What was that, Harry? Abort the Mission? You serious, with only twenty miles to go? Double check Command, OK?" "OK, Skipper..........................yep, that's affirmative, Skipper. Abort Mission!" "Sorry, Radio, something wrong with my comms, lot of static, I guess, can't hear worth a damn! We'll check with Command later when we finish the bomb run" "Roger that, Skipper, I couldn't copy it too well, either!" "I'm sure it was a mistake, anyway, Harry. They wouldn't pass up a chance to bomb Berlin, unless they'd flipped their wigs!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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