# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 336
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6701 "2025-01-29T09:19:51Z")
**Things from the 20th century that have mostly vanished today** 1. Fotomat kiosks 2. Rotary-dial telephones 3. Pay phones/phone booths 4. Video tapes 5. Cathode Ray TVs 6. Typewriters 7. Car advertisements boasting about gas mileage 8. Cassette tapes 9. Travel agents 10. Floppy disks ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6702 "2025-01-29T19:37:20Z")
**Things from the 20th century that have mostly vanished today** 1. Fotomat kiosks 2. Rotary-dial telephones 3. Pay phones/phone booths 4. Video tapes 5. Cathode Ray TVs 6. Typewriters 7. Car advertisements boasting about gas mileage 8. Cassette tapes 9. Travel agents 10. Floppy disks 11. World War II veterans God bless 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6703 "2025-01-29T19:48:19Z")
**Things from the 20th century that have mostly vanished today** 1. Fotomat kiosks 2. Rotary-dial telephones 3. Pay phones/phone booths 4. Video tapes 5. Cathode Ray TVs 6. Typewriters 7. Car advertisements boasting about gas mileage 8. Cassette tapes 9. Travel agents 10. Floppy disks 11. World War II veterans 12. Big hair held up by Aquanet ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6704 "2025-01-29T19:51:26Z")
**Things from the 20th century that have mostly vanished today** 1. Fotomat kiosks 2. Rotary-dial telephones 3. Pay phones/phone booths 4. Video tapes 5. Cathode Ray TVs 6. Typewriters 7. Car advertisements boasting about gas mileage 8. Cassette tapes 9. Travel agents 10. Floppy disks 11. World War II veterans 12. Big hair held up by Aquanet 13. World War I veterans At the turn of the century there were still some WWI veterans alive. Pass ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6705 "2025-01-29T21:53:26Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky the invasion of Sicily (this might actually be a better idea for A to Z list thread) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6706 "2025-01-29T22:49:50Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6707 "2025-01-29T23:18:35Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6708 "2025-01-30T02:46:40Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden Basis for the movie _A Bridge Too Far_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6709 "2025-01-30T12:34:50Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg The invasion of Okinawa ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6710 "2025-01-30T13:39:30Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6711 "2025-01-30T13:52:44Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH The first Allied Airborne assault of WWII. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6712 "2025-01-30T13:56:49Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6713 "2025-01-30T14:17:58Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge 9. Siege of Leningrad ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6714 "2025-01-30T16:34:20Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge 9. Siege of Leningrad 10. Battle of Westerplatte ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6715 "2025-01-30T16:45:24Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge 9. Siege of Leningrad 10. Battle of Westerplatte 11. Victory gardens Meanwhile, on the home front… ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6716 "2025-01-30T17:06:44Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge 9. Siege of Leningrad 10. Battle of Westerplatte 11. Victory gardens 12. _The USS Texas_ Commissioned in 1912, the _USS Texas_ served in both WWI and in all five theaters of WWII. During the Normandy Invasion, The _Texas_ advanced to 3,000 meters – as close to shore as possible without beaching, flooded its starboard blister tanks to tilt the ship, and fired its guns further inland at enemy targets. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NN_ThoXR9GQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Naval Legends: USS Texas | World of Warships") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN_ThoXR9GQ) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6717 "2025-01-30T21:41:30Z")
**WW2** 1. Operation Husky 2. Bataan Death March 3. Battle of Pearl Harbor 4. Operation Market Garden 5. Operation Iceberg 6. The Manhattan Project 7. Operation TORCH 8. Battle of the Bulge 9. Siege of Leningrad 10. Battle of Westerplatte 11. Victory gardens 12. _The USS Texas_ 13. Internment Camps **Vietnam** 1. Protests ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6718 "2025-01-30T22:00:15Z")
**Vietnam** 1. Protests 2. Eddie Adams’s [_Saigon Execution_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Execution) photograph ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6719 "2025-01-30T22:04:17Z")
**Vietnam** 1. Protests 2. Eddie Adams’s [_Saigon Execution_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Execution) photograph 3. The Tet Offensive ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6720 "2025-01-30T22:56:09Z")
**Vietnam** 1. Protests 2. Eddie Adams’s [_Saigon Execution_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Execution) photograph 3. The Tet Offensive 4. Adrian Cronauer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=337)