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Message: [QUOTE="BigBird, post: 1993195, member: 4247"] From Wikipedia: "...[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Wallace']Randall Wallace[/URL], the screenwriter of the 2001 film [I]Pearl Harbor[/I], readily admitted that he copied the line from [I]Tora! Tora! Tora![/I]The director of [I]Tora! Tora! Tora![/I], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fleischer']Richard Fleischer[/URL], stated that while Yamamoto may never have said those words, the film's producer, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Williams']Elmo Williams[/URL], had found the line written in Yamamoto's diary. Williams, in turn, has stated that [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larry_Forrester&action=edit&redlink=1']Larry Forrester[/URL], the screenwriter, found a 1943 letter from Yamamoto to the Admiralty in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan']Tokyo[/URL] containing the quotation. However, Forrester cannot produce the letter, nor can anyone else, American or Japanese, recall or find it...." Thanks, XO, for pointing up something about WWII that I thought I knew a bit about, but seemingly did not. For now, we can only say that he -might- have said the quote, or might not have. In light of his studies in the US, and his familiarity with the heavily industrialized Northeast, it isn't inconsistent with history, but that doesn't validate a claim of authenticity. BTW: We always pull for Saniya to "ring one up" for the team. And when she does, we all yell "Chuh-Chong! Crazy, yes, but the fun of basketball keeps us from dwelling too much on an uncertain future. [/QUOTE]

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