Good evening, yarddog...what a wonderful person to be able to meet.
I can just imagine the stories he could tell.
He really could tell them too. One story of was when he was in Panama before the war and he shot a bunch of huge sharks using a Bell P-39.
The sharks washed up on shore and began to stink to high heaven. The commander never did figure out who did it.
He also told of how after the was or near the end of it, he was forbidden the bombing and strafing of certain bridges because Chairman Mao wanted them left. It was clear to him that the powers that be in Washington were supporting the Communists while pretending to support Chang Kai Sheck.