Posted on 04/15/2009 5:50:49 AM PDT by decimon
Former naval aviator Don Boecker isn't too proud to say he was scared out of his wits on that July 1965 day in Laos when he dangled by one arm from a helicopter while enemy soldiers took aim below.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsvine.com ...
The CIA has nothing better to do that listen to these bozos?
to read later
Ohhhh, THAT Air America...
I would have like to have heard him talk.
Suppose he was supporting Vang Pao, and the Hmong. Brave tough anti-Commie people.
One pant leg bloused and the other not.
That is my Dad. The pant leg is just stuck on the top of his boot.
Back in 1969 & 1970, when I was in Viet Nam, occasionally I needed to travel from one part of Viet Nam to another on short notice. I used to go over to the airfield (Vung Tau) and walk around the tarmac asking the pilots where they were headed on the chance that I could bum a ride where I needed to go. The Army, Navy and Air Force pilots were tough to get rides with, they were always afraid of getting in trouble. However, you could always count on the Air America pilots though. “Sure, hop aboard. You’re not here. You were never here.” Love them guys.
"Us? Why Sir, were just salesmen for Paducah Tool and Gear Company...."
Oh, darn, when I read the headline I thought the CIA was finally focusing on that idiot Al Franken.
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