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* At the end of [[Smarmy Host|Bill Grundy]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p25SdQEnhHI&feature=related notorious interview] with the [[Sex Pistols]], he appeared to mumble 'oh shit' under his breath. 'Oh shit' indeed - the [[Cluster F-Bomb|profanity-laden]] interview [[Creator Killer|turned his name to mud]] overnight.
* The Normandy Invasion in [[World War II]] used [[wikipedia:DD tank|DD Tanks]], a very early amphibious model which had a skirt that extended up higher than the turret, providing buoyancy. They weren't as effective as hoped, and on Omaha beach almost all of them sank before reaching shore, but the first to actually reach Juno beach looked out and later shared their view:
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** At Midway, the scout Catalina's co-pilot the day before the battle proper happened.
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*** I thought that was what they wanted?
** And later, as the crews of the Japanese carriers were watching the anti-aircraft and fighter cover massacre the low flying torpedo bombers, somebody finally looked up to see the American dive bombers rolling into their dives.
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