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

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 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!!! .

diplodicus > ttyymmnn 02/07/2018 at 11:01

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Dwight D Eisenhower right?

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.

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.

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

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John Glenn?

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).

diplodicus > ttyymmnn 02/07/2018 at 11:07

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General Patton?

ttyymmnn > Enginerrrrrrrrr 02/07/2018 at 11:11

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

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.

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?

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.

Fl1ngstam > ttyymmnn 02/07/2018 at 11:19

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Jimmy! He did a lot.

ttyymmnn > Fl1ngstam 02/07/2018 at 11:20

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Yes! Jimmy Doolittle.

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.

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").