Featuring today: Curtis E. LeMay

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[ericthecurdog]

My Dad frequently wore his SAC patch with two fingers extended in a 'peace' sign under similar circumstances. Good stuff.

[Dixiekraut]

"Mr.President...you can't let that commie in here! He'll see everything! He'll see the Big Board!"

[Squantos]

Ain't seen that one either..........kewl !!

SAC....Peace is our profession .......:o)

Stay safe !

[Mr. Silverback]

SACwarriro and proud of it bump!

[Mr. Silverback]

Crap!

That's "SacWarrior and proud of it bump!"

[Quilla]

This is so neat Calpernia. I have a picture of Gen. LeMay pinning a medal on my father during WWII. Thanks for the post and ping.

[Grut]

Don't think I have that one....any chance if ya locate it you could scan me a copy ?

No idea where it is but we're moving so maybe it'll churn to the surface.

Anybody else remember the PRIDE program? Poor Results In Depressing Environments?

[robertpaulsen]

"Uh, shug, don't forget to say your prayers."

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

SAC - Peace is our Profession. Killing people is just a hobby.

[Ax]

Back in 1963, a buddy of mine was working at the USAF Security Service base at Wakkanai in norther Japan. S/Sgt X was not known for writing to his mother very often, and she was constantly carping at him to drop his dear old Irish mother back in Boston timely letters.

One morning, he was called into the CO's office. The First Shirt was there with the Old Man. S/Sgt X saluted and stood at attention. The CO handed him a letter, on HQ USAF letterhead. It was a letter to S/Sgt X, via his chain of command, from the then-Chief of Staff of the USAF, Gen. Curtis E. Lemay. It said, briefly. "Write to your mother. Now."

[Rummyfan]

FWIW, just finished reading FLY BOYS, which covered LeMay and his strategic bombing of Japan. According to the book, the incendiary raids on Japan started in March 1945. Low level night-time raids that were very successful. In fact these raids killed a lot more civilians than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined (I think) and absolutely devastated Japanese cities. It's a good read if you can get through the anti-American BS at the beginning.

[Defender2]

General Lemay knew how to deal with our enemies, He just out and out trashed them and turned them into ashes!!!! That's one of the reasons why the Enemy during the Cold War
Blinked on more than one occasion. That's why Kruschev blinked during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.

Lemay did not play!!!! If the Enemy were to just cut U.S. bad, Lemay would just turn 'em into Ashes!!!!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[DuncanWaring]

Phrase coined credited to Duncan!

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for it. I got it from my Dad; I've got no idea where he got it.

[southland]

RE: Post 31, I was in SAC in mid 50's as pilot on the B36. General Lemay was very well admired then. I do believe we prevented WW3 because our guns were cocked with a very sensitive trigger all the time.
I learned later that Lemay made the statement that we will have to fight them sooner or later and sooner is better.
We were flat ready to attack at any time. Much more ready than most realize.
The B36 was retired in 1957 with the B 52 but the B 36 could have hit our targets fairly easily in 1957.
The B 52 which is credited to General Lemay is today our best strategic aircraft.