[BerryDingle]

A full tour of 25+ missions knowing most crews didn’t 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.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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!”