Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

Always knew my Grandpa was a badass US Army WW2 Sergeant but only recently found out he was 41st Division. The Bloody Buchers, first to cross the Pacific to fight the Japanese. @BarnBuster maybe you could post a link, I cannot.
Glad to. This is probably the best reference to the 41st in the Pacific. You may have to register and establish an account but it's free. BTW, the phrase "Bloody Butcher" was given to them by Tokyo Rose.

 
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I need one of these in my garage to fire up and torment the neighborhood...

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I was in Seattle many years ago & in a strip mall saw a sign for an "Offshore Powerboat Museum". I dropped a donation in a box & wandered around all kinds of vintage piston powered super boats. One on a trailer had the signature up-swept J pipes of a Rolls Royce V-12 & the dude asked if I wanted to hear it. Hell Yeah! so he started it up on the priming pump & it promptly blew the ball cap off my head & my ears were ringing with that beautiful music. I still remember it like it was yesterday!

 
I was in Seattle many years ago & in a strip mall saw a sign for an "Offshore Powerboat Museum". I dropped a donation in a box & wandered around all kinds of vintage piston powered super boats. One on a trailer had the signature up-swept J pipes of a Rolls Royce V-12 & the dude asked if I wanted to hear it. Hell Yeah! so he started it up on the priming pump & it promptly blew the ball cap off my head & my ears were ringing with that beautiful music. I still remember it like it was yesterday!

They have the unlimited hydro races every August on Lake Washington. They have all gone to turbine engines however, the old V 12's are in short supply from years of blowing them up racing.
 
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