Do you recognize the man in this Gemini capsule? (We have a winner!)

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02/07/2018 at 11:24 • Filed to: None

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Though it looks like he’s in a coffin, he is very much alive. Here’s a clue: big time WWII hero. I’ll have the answer in a little while if nobody gets it. And remember, reverse GIS is for cheaters and Communists.

Clue: He was a pilot

The man in the Gemini capsule is Jimmy Doolittle, leader of the Doolittle Raiders who bombed Japan in the early days of WWII. Congrats to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! diplodicus > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:01

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Dwight D Eisenhower right?


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > diplodicus
02/07/2018 at 11:03

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To be sure, Eisenhower was a war hero, and bald, but no, this is not Ike.


Kinja'd!!! Enginerrrrrrrrr > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:05

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For some reason I’m thinking Navy admiral? This shot can’t be much more than a decade (at most) after the war so he had to be some sort of officer.


Kinja'd!!! Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:05

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John Glenn?


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:07

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OK, I’m pretty sure I figured it out, but I did do some Googles to get there (I really didn’t know what he looked like).


Kinja'd!!! diplodicus > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:07

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General Patton?


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Enginerrrrrrrrr
02/07/2018 at 11:11

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Nope, not a Navy man. Check the picture credit.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
02/07/2018 at 11:13

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Nope. John Glenn would have been about 40 when this picture was taken.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW
02/07/2018 at 11:18

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He doesn’t look much like he did when he did what he did. Wait—does that make sense?


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:18

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Do I get a guess if I did some googles but didn’t look for (or find) the picture? :)

I’d say he was a pretty important pilot, too — before the war.


Kinja'd!!! Fl1ngstam > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:19

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Jimmy! He did a lot.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Fl1ngstam
02/07/2018 at 11:20

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Yes! Jimmy Doolittle.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 11:20

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I think he sorta does - - he was mostly bald, and those eyebrows stand out.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > diplodicus
02/07/2018 at 13:09

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Here’s a picture of Patton and Doolittle. Patton was tall (6'2"), and Doolittle was short (5'6").