Thank you sir.
1 posted on
07/30/2014 4:22:58 AM PDT by
Freeport
To: Freeport
Godspeed sir.
May God rest his immortal soul, and bring comfort to his family.
2 posted on
07/30/2014 4:25:37 AM PDT by
thesearethetimes...
(Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
To: Freeport
God rest ‘Dutch’ VanKirk’s soul. And thank him for his service.
3 posted on
07/30/2014 4:51:19 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Freeport
I remember some lib teacher in high school telling us that all of the crew commit suicide or became drunks from guilt.
4 posted on
07/30/2014 4:54:58 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Freeport
RIP Sir.
You helped end more bloodshed in that most horrible war of all time.
Though many revisionists today try to paint the use of the bomb as an evil manifestation of US Industrial military might, those of us who studied History well know that what you did throughout WWII and on August 6th were absolutely necessary and saved millions of additional lives.
Thank you for making our post-war world a safe, stable and prosperous one.
5 posted on
07/30/2014 4:57:02 AM PDT by
Netz
To: Freeport
Cannot believe these guys - those still with us - are this old now.
8 posted on
07/30/2014 5:26:36 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: Freeport
"I personally think there shouldn't be any atomic bombs in the world -- I'd like to see them all abolished."
"But if anyone has one," he added, "I want to have one more than my enemy."
Sound like a good philosophy on the subject...
To: Freeport
A real hero. He may have saved thousands and thousands of lives; American and Japanese.
16 posted on
07/30/2014 10:09:36 AM PDT by
Tolkien
(Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
To: Freeport
I met and spoke with Van Kirk a couple of times at booksignings. Great guy, wonderful sense of humor - was cracking jokes left and right.
With that kind of positive attitude it’s no wonder he made it into his 90s.
To: Freeport
Nuclear bombing of Japan:
Supreme act of Humanitarianism and Peace.
To: Freeport
Kyūjō Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_Incident
30 posted on
07/30/2014 6:02:47 PM PDT by
dfwgator
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson