Welcome to the 5th Twitter comment thread (Feb 23, 2021) in the “Section 22 Week” count down to the 24 Feb 2021 Bilge Pumps podcast with the Section 22 e-mail list.
Slides 61 through 72 of 82 of the Section 22 Powerpoint information packet are in the slide thread. /1
Slides 61 through 72 of 82 of the Section 22 Powerpoint information packet are in the slide thread. /1
Today's slides start here:
These slides cover Section 22’s part of the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands called “Operation Olympic,” the last RCM flight of WW2 by the successor of Field Unit #6 that ended in tragedy, the “Defenestration”/2
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1364239684889497606
These slides cover Section 22’s part of the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands called “Operation Olympic,” the last RCM flight of WW2 by the successor of Field Unit #6 that ended in tragedy, the “Defenestration”/2
...(being “thrown out the window” of the official historical narrative) of Section 22 by the American Joint Chiefs of Staff with the “Seventeen guys on an e-mail list” credits and resource links for further research for naval history academics./3
Today's Twitter extra is from
Today's Twitter extra is from
...War Department Ultra History SRH-130, MIS Intelligence Processes Relating to Japanese, Science Branch Project No. 2528A, 14 Sept 1945. This “SRH-130” was the smaller of the two documents with the “SRH-130” cover page at 83 pages vice the 975 of the other. I’m going to use/4
...“Project No. 2528A” to refer to this smaller document
This is the VJ-Day floor plan of the MID “Science Branch” from “Project No. 2528A” to give you an idea of the scale of effort put into radar intelligence work at the War Department G-2 compared to Section 22 in /5
This is the VJ-Day floor plan of the MID “Science Branch” from “Project No. 2528A” to give you an idea of the scale of effort put into radar intelligence work at the War Department G-2 compared to Section 22 in /5
...Brisbane, Tacloban and Manila.
Section 22’s offices in May 1943 Brisbane were larger than the electronics section you saw in the previous tweet.
The War Department was facing Congressional accountability hearings & investigative reports for the Pearl Harbor intelligence.../6
Section 22’s offices in May 1943 Brisbane were larger than the electronics section you saw in the previous tweet.
The War Department was facing Congressional accountability hearings & investigative reports for the Pearl Harbor intelligence.../6
...failure. That level of “Scientific Intelligence” performance about radar for the duration of WW2 cannot be in anyway excused, if the story of Section 22 in the SWPA was generally known. There were assets to cover, budgets to shield, and careers to protect. /7
So “out the window” of public acclaim and deep, deep, into the unaccountable hidey hole of decades long classification Section 22 went. /8
Todays social media cross posts are:
Welcome to Section 22 Week, Day 5
chicagoboyz.net/archives/65464…
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"Section 22 Week" Feb 23 2021 post
Banzai facebook group
facebook.com/groups/1414345…
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Welcome to Section 22 Week, Day 5
chicagoboyz.net/archives/65464…
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"Section 22 Week" Feb 23 2021 post
Banzai facebook group
facebook.com/groups/1414345…
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