As we approach D-Day, wish this guy a happy birthday

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gailtate
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05-13-2023, 05:27 PM

He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

Life is too short to waste on crap football.

gailtate

05-13-2023, 05:27 PM

He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

Life is too short to waste on crap football.

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Brickcity
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05-13-2023, 05:41 PM

(05-13-2023, 05:27 PM)gailtate Wrote: He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

That has to be the sharpest 98 year old I've ever heard.

Brickcity

05-13-2023, 05:41 PM

(05-13-2023, 05:27 PM)gailtate Wrote: He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

That has to be the sharpest 98 year old I've ever heard.

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05-14-2023, 08:45 AM

(This post was last modified: 05-15-2023, 07:06 AM by BobK.)

Just have to add my Dad was at Omaha Beach D Day.

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05-14-2023, 08:45 AM

(This post was last modified: 05-15-2023, 07:06 AM by BobK.)

Just have to add my Dad was at Omaha Beach D Day.

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PVTree
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05-14-2023, 12:35 PM

(05-13-2023, 05:41 PM)Brickcity Wrote:
(05-13-2023, 05:27 PM)gailtate Wrote: He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

That has to be the sharpest 98 year old I've ever heard.

Agreed. Very lucid. I could spend hours listening to the stories this man could tell.

PVTree

05-14-2023, 12:35 PM

(05-13-2023, 05:41 PM)Brickcity Wrote:
(05-13-2023, 05:27 PM)gailtate Wrote: He is what you call a hero. Spins a good yarn, too. All too real.
https://commemorativeairforce.org/news/w...e2fa93ddff

That has to be the sharpest 98 year old I've ever heard.

Agreed. Very lucid. I could spend hours listening to the stories this man could tell.

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cctop
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05-15-2023, 12:25 AM

(This post was last modified: 05-15-2023, 12:26 AM by cctop.)

Tangentially related, this weekend I met 100-year-old Richard Bushong who was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and flew 28 missions.

My 19-year-old was amazed that when this guy was his age he was flying bombers and getting shot at.

If you're ever in Tucson, the Pima Air & Space Museum is definitely worth a visit even if civilians are no longer allowed to visit the airplane boneyard.

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05-15-2023, 12:25 AM

(This post was last modified: 05-15-2023, 12:26 AM by cctop.)

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qwerty49
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05-15-2023, 12:52 PM

(05-14-2023, 08:45 AM)BobK Wrote: Just have to add my Dad was at Omaha Beach D Day.

My uncle, Silver Star in Normandy, posthumous Purple Heart at the Battle of the Bulge.

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05-15-2023, 12:52 PM

(05-14-2023, 08:45 AM)BobK Wrote: Just have to add my Dad was at Omaha Beach D Day.

My uncle, Silver Star in Normandy, posthumous Purple Heart at the Battle of the Bulge.

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