To: yawningotter
A full tour of 25+ missions knowing most crews didnt make it that long took courage on a level unfathomable by people today. I remember a journalist recollection (may have been Andy Rooney) who said a Staff Sergeant crew member told him he would gladly trade jobs with any Army Infantryman Private in a second.
40 posted on
12/07/2012 3:09:21 PM PST by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: BerryDingle
Which reminds me of a Willie and Joe cartoon by Bill Mauldin.
Willie is walking on a flight line looking like he just came out of the trenches. He is met by a young dapper Army Air Force officer who grabs him and exclaims...”Uncle Willie!”
58 posted on
12/07/2012 5:59:52 PM PST by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(The parasites now outnumber the producers.)
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