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WWII hero, last of two surviving ‘Doolittle Raiders,’ turns 100 on Labor Day
The Washington Times ^
| September 5, 2015
| Kellan Howell
Posted on 09/05/2015 3:50:34 PM PDT by jazusamo
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09/05/2015 3:50:34 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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09/05/2015 3:51:44 PM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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posted on
09/05/2015 3:54:07 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: jazusamo
Happy birthday Sir and thank you for your service.
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09/05/2015 3:55:18 PM PDT
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Fungi
To: Fungi
Happy birthday with a fist pump.
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posted on
09/05/2015 3:57:58 PM PDT
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fhayek
To: jazusamo
Happy birthday and conservative Americans thank you for your service!
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09/05/2015 4:09:35 PM PDT
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BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thank you, Lt. Col. Richard Cole, and all who served.
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09/05/2015 4:13:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: jazusamo
Thank you LTC Cole! The stuff of legends!
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:17:33 PM PDT
by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
To: jazusamo
Happy Birthday, Sir with a hand salute and hand shake.
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:18:34 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: jazusamo
I remember they had a pilot with an original B-25 on one of the history type shows. He attempted to take off in the same distance but could not do it.
He said the reason was partly due to the speed of the carrier and also he said they had higher octane gas. He still said he was really impressed with them after trying to do it and failing.
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:21:39 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:30:06 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
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To: yarddog
As a kid in the early 50’s I remember watching a show about the raid and the training for it, it may have been “Victory at Sea” but not sure.
They practiced at an Air Force base somewhere and had stripes painted across the runway, they must have allowed a little extra runway length for the speed of the carrier pointed into the wind.
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09/05/2015 4:34:06 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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09/05/2015 4:39:59 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: jazusamo
Yes they trained at Field 2 out in the middle of nowhere at Eglin AFB.
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09/05/2015 4:45:35 PM PDT
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yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: jazusamo; Jet Jaguar
A great Warrior and hero, SALUTE!
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09/05/2015 4:46:07 PM PDT
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PROCON
(GOD will NOT be mocked!)
To: jazusamo
I got to sign a birthday card for him at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
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09/05/2015 6:20:15 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: SERKIT
Great, wish I could have also.
He’s a gentleman and patriot and went above and beyond as all the Doolittle Raiders did.
God bless them all.
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09/05/2015 6:30:33 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: jazusamo
The other surviving Doolittle Raider is David Thatcher.
Endless gratitude and long lives to them both.
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posted on
09/05/2015 6:37:35 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: jazusamo
Watch “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.”
To: jazusamo
A REAL American who made REAL history. Not like the cheap crap “history” Obama and his ‘RATS are always making.
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09/05/2015 7:28:04 PM PDT
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FlingWingFlyer
(Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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