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1 posted on 08/05/2002 5:46:36 PM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: PsyOp; belmont_mark; Tropoljac; ianync; one_particular_harbour; ABG(anybody but Gore)
In college, no one believed me that the US had a WW2 ace named Bong. But i read a book about him and was surprised at the lack of knowledge and interest in WW2 in the 70's.

>>Jet Plane Explosion Kills Major Bong, Top U.S. Ace: Flier Who Downed 40 Japanese Craft, Sent Home to Be 'Safe,' Was Flying New 'Shooting Star' as a Test Pilot

2 posted on 08/05/2002 5:48:42 PM PDT by swarthyguy
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"What is this terrible new weapon, which the War Department also calls the "Cosmic Bomb"? " Ping.
8 posted on 08/05/2002 11:13:03 PM PDT by swarthyguy
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In the State of Washington the Government has 430,000 acres in an isolated area, fifteen miles northwest of Pasco. The settlement there, which now has a population of 17,000, consisting of plant operators and their immediate families, is known as Richmond.

The nickname of Richland High School athletic teams is "Bombers".

9 posted on 08/05/2002 11:25:05 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: swarthyguy
A-bomb bump!
10 posted on 08/06/2002 12:49:42 AM PDT by StoneColdGOP
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Gee. No sneering. No condescending attitude. Nothing rude about the military. Doesn't seem like the NY Times at all.
12 posted on 08/06/2002 10:50:55 AM PDT by Gumlegs
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All along, it has been a race with the enemy. Ironically enough, Germany started the experiments, but we finished them.

Can you imagine today's NYT referring to America as "we"?

13 posted on 08/06/2002 2:02:03 PM PDT by Maceman
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