Yes, I know, paywall.. This is a book review for "From Hell-Raiser to Hero." I attempted to post the better parts? In 300 words?
An uncle was a B-17 turret gunner, enlisted out of highschool, the war was over before getting to a unit, his USMC brother, Third wave Iwo. Both lived for a long and good time.
1 posted on
11/30/2020 12:03:53 PM PST by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
How did he “lose his stripes?”
2 posted on
11/30/2020 12:08:43 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
An uncle was a B-17 turret gunner, enlisted out of highschool, the war was over before getting to a unitIf he had and was assigned to Guam, he would have met my father, a radio mechanic for the B-17 and 25 (I don't think he ever worked on a 29).
4 posted on
11/30/2020 12:13:06 PM PST by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Staff Sergeant Smith quickly gained a reputation as a stubborn and obnoxious airman who did not get along well with the other airmen stationed there, hence his nickname “Snuffy Smith”, possibly from the popular comic strip of the era, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_Harrison_Smith
5 posted on
11/30/2020 12:15:11 PM PST by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
10 posted on
11/30/2020 1:30:28 PM PST by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: DUMBGRUNT
By all accounts, Smith was a real a-hole, and the Army came to regret making a hero of him.
11 posted on
11/30/2020 1:39:41 PM PST by
Demiurge2
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