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https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/bloody-100th-bomb-group
1 posted on 09/02/2025 2:09:34 PM PDT by DFG
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“”My fervent hope would be that they would recognize the futility of war,” he said when asked about his hope for the movie’s impact. “Hopefully it’s going to impress on successive generations who weren’t born then, what sacrifices were made on their behalf, or they wouldn’t be here.””

Could not have been said better.


2 posted on 09/02/2025 2:16:31 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( used to care, but things have changed ~ Bob Dylan)
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I’m sure my uncle would have known him as he was also a pilot in the 100th and lived in Dallas.


3 posted on 09/02/2025 2:30:53 PM PDT by mgstarr ("I drink, therefore I am" Rene Descartes (1637))
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To: DFG

I hate seeing these heroes leave us.


5 posted on 09/02/2025 6:54:21 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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