Posted on 10/11/2007 9:08:41 PM PDT by Racehorse
Damn.
Hero ping.
Where do we get such men.....
http://www.flyingtigersavg.com/tiger7.htm
I have Tex’s signature on “The Legend Begins” poster just above my monitor. May he rest in peace.
The Right Stuff all right!
As is my 86 y/o father who piloted a C47 in the European theater.
Rest in peace, General. Prayers for his family.
Rest In Peace, General Hill, and thank you for your service to our country.
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him....
Salute to another great man of America’s Greatest Generation
What a great guy. Rest in peace David.
You will be missed...
I once had a chance to buy a picture of the flying tigers taken by Tex Hill with a kodak Brownie. The guy selling it was a man of integrity so I am sure it was authentic. Just coudln’t afford it.
I got to meet and even talk to General Robert L. Scott of “God is My Co-Pilot” fame. I think he was credited with either 26 or maybe 28 victories. Scott didn’t officially fly with the AVG although he in actual fact did. He then led the fighter wing of the U.S. Air Force unit which replaced the AVG, still under Chennault.
The old character had that certain type of indefinable charisma which only Southern Gentlemen seem to have. In addition he was just plain likeable. He was around 90 and when the meeting was over, he got in the drivers seat of his Cadillac and drove the hundred miles or more back to Warner Robbins with his Daughter.
Wow. That’s an interesting story. These guys were my heroes. Some people call me a dinosaur because I watch these old movies. I’m not that old but these are movies that mean something to me. A long time ago I bought a book from an old book store in upstate N.Y. It was about the AVG. It was one of the few books that I actually read from beginning to end without losing interest.
Scott spoke really highly of Tex Hill, Ed Rector and several others I can’t recall. He also like Chennault. One man he didn’t like was General Stilwell.
Scott also mentioned how he had been told not to destroy certain bridges which needed to be destroyed because the communists wanted them left alone. Scott said the Commies were clearly calling a lot of the shots in the American State Department. He also didn’t care for General Biddell or was it Bissell?
Yep that is true of many who could see the communist threat. As the Generalissimo said, “The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The communists are a disease of the heart.”
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