[antiRepublicrat]

Tillman was a throwback to the days of WWII when men wanted to go fight. Men of honor

Like Jimmy Stewart (pilot), Clark Gable (pilot, the Nazis had a price on his head), Tyrone Power (Marine pilot), Ted Williams (sharpshooter) and Joe DiMaggio (no combat, PT trainer, but somebody has to do the job), who all served in WWII -- and every one of them volunteered. IIRC, Gable even had to use his leverage to get into the Army because of how old he was.

BTW, Jimmy Stewart's stepson was killed in Vietnam. You know he could have gotten out of it if he wanted to.

[Moose4]

FYI--Teddy Ballgame wasn't a sharpshooter, he was a Marine fighter pilot, in both World War II and Korea.

A caller on the Jim Rome show is bringing up an interesting point right now...Tillman had a college degree. Could he not have gone into the Army, gone through OCS along with Airborne and Ranger schools, and served starting as a Second Lieutenant, instead of an enlisted man?

The more I hear about this guy, the more awed I get.

}:-)4

[bourbon]

I think Ted Williams was a Marine pilot. I seem to recall him being in the same squadron as John Glenn.