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Doolittle Raider’s Final Toast To Take Place This November
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| September 5, 2013
| Staff Writer
Posted on 09/05/2013 7:34:04 AM PDT by Little Ray
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*Sniff. Something in my eye.
To: Little Ray; Arrowhead1952; ConorMacNessa; BIGLOOK; HiJinx; SandRat; mylife; blackie; ...
I recently got a long chain email about this. Uplifting, and sad at the same time.
We will not see a generation like that again in our lifetime.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:37:14 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: Little Ray
Perhaps I’m misunderstanding ... there are 4 survivors who will attend this year. Is this their annual “final toast” ceremony and there will be another one held next year? Or is this the last ever (final) ceremony as the survivors are in failing health and unable to attend [as happened with our local Battle of the Bulge ceremony - so very sad].
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:42:42 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
To: Little Ray
1972 Gen. Doolittle came to VAFB, CA, for our Olympic Arena competition.
ICBM combat crews compete in all aspects of missile and RV assembly, test, and checkout, leading up to launch.
Also, got see Gen. Curtis LeMay.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:45:34 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: Little Ray
Where do we get such men? The Doolittle mission was one of the most heroic and daring of any military action of any nation. It was incredible.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:45:39 AM PDT
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kabar
To: kabar
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:47:01 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Old Sarge
Agree about the “generation” comment but the performance and sacrifices of our military over the last 30 plus years has been impressive and I believe compare well with the best in our history.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:48:37 AM PDT
by
Shark24
To: NonValueAdded
According to the email I got about it, this will be the last one.
The four men will crack open the bottle of 1896 cognac that has been saved for this occasion.
1896 was the year GEN Doolittle was born.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:52:15 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: Little Ray
It never did mention why this is the last toast. Presumably because of the advanced age and deteriorating health of the last 4 survivors.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:52:59 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
To: Shark24
Having led some of them into the storm, I can agree.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:54:45 AM PDT
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Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: Shark24
Agree about the generation comment but the performance and sacrifices of our military over the last 30 plus years has been impressive and I believe compare well with the best in our history.
This is just MHO, but I believe the difference between now and then is that we don't tell, share and cherish the stories of valor by this generation, while the stories of the previous generations were rightly cherished.
Just looking at movies, there were scores of movies produced during WWII, and then a steady stream for decades after, detailing events, battles, stories of heroism, etc.
There's barely a trickle today.
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09/05/2013 8:04:24 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: Blood of Tyrants; mickie
Lt. Col. Cole is 98. He is the oldest of the 4 survivors.
I couldn't find the ages of the other three heroes except they are all in their 90s.
Let's hope these brave Americans live to be in their 100s !!!
Leni
To: Little Ray
All volunteers on that mission of course, and I’m sure they had to turn many others away who would have gladly gone.
To: NonValueAdded
All four of ‘em are in their 90’s if not older. It is almost certainly the LAST toast.
Somebody else at the museum will have turn their cups upside down as they pass...
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:17:28 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Little Ray
Great article on a very special occasion. Great website too.
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09/05/2013 8:19:25 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: Little Ray
To: NonValueAdded
I read Jimmy Dolittle's autobiography I Could never Be So Lucky Again, and, IIRC, there is a silver cup or chalice that they toast to at the reunions that will go to the final survivor. That may be why they are going to continue.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:27:55 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Little Ray
“Ligwa megwa,” as Thatcher told the Chinese.
“We’re Americans.”
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:28:39 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Little Ray
A group of our finest men.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:30:42 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: chrisser
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:37:13 AM PDT
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Shark24
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