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1 posted on 01/16/2022 8:33:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
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RIP, Airman.

Thank you for your service.


2 posted on 01/16/2022 8:35:36 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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God’s speed Col. Charles McGee!


3 posted on 01/16/2022 8:37:11 PM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: nickcarraway

He was a Brigadier General.

RIP Sir and thank you!


4 posted on 01/16/2022 8:50:27 PM PST by laplata
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Please forgive the format....
“High Flight
(John Gillespie Magee Jr.)

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds—and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.”
Rest in peace, brave patriot.


5 posted on 01/16/2022 10:07:39 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: nickcarraway

RIP.


6 posted on 01/16/2022 10:10:18 PM PST by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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When told about his passing, Biden mumbled “amazing how he made it through the experiments to live this long.”


7 posted on 01/16/2022 10:36:03 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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McGee went on to command a squadron during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He said his squads all had one goal.

"Our role moving into bomber escort was to save American lives," he said. "I don't see myself as a hero. I see myself as one little American that did accomplish something that was helpful."

Rest in peace, General.

9 posted on 01/16/2022 10:44:07 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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RIP. Honor, glory and gratitude, Sir.


10 posted on 01/17/2022 6:50:07 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan (God bless Karen and save her nation.)
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Thank you for your service. When I first moved to Florida, iet one, and his family. I thanked him for his service and he said, we did what we had to, but we helped. His grandson came to him and his son. Married a white and he looked at me and said, “I healed from the racists past, as you can see.” His daughter in law was blonde...


11 posted on 01/17/2022 8:02:36 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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Retired Army Air Forces Col. Charles McGee, who was one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, died at the age of 102, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

"Today, we lost an American hero," Austin tweeted Sunday. "Charles McGee, Brigadier General...

Was he promoted after his retirement? God rest his soul.

12 posted on 01/17/2022 10:53:01 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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