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SAILOR MISSING FROM WWII IS IDENTIFIED
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office ^
| Dec. 1, 2008
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Posted on 12/01/2008 11:49:49 AM PST by Stonewall Jackson
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Not Forgotten. Welcome home Ensign Robert G. Tills.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:09:23 PM PST
by
ScreamingFist
(Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
To: Stonewall Jackson
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:20:40 PM PST
by
Badeye
(If he's a Messiah, how come his brother lives in a mud hut?)
To: CrazyIvan
One of the primary purposes of the PBY was search and rescue of downed pilots and crew. That was true later, but originally they were scouts. If you've seen the movie "Midway" you'll recall the "Strawberry" flights. Those were PBYs, out searching for the Japanese fleet.
Found it they did. Sunk it our Navy did.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:24:04 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; Bean Counter; investigateworld; ...
SONOBUOY PING!
Attention to port.
Hand salute.
Welcome home, Mr Tills.
Two.
Carry on.
![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/lazuruslong/web_080211-N-4776G-175.jpg)
Click on pic for past Navair pings.
Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:24:59 PM PST
by
magslinger
(What is the fastest growing oppressed minority in America? Hoplophiles.)
To: El Gato
The airplane that found the BISMARCK was a British PBY. Co-piloted by an American.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:34:07 PM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: El Gato
Found it they did. Sunk it our Navy did. If you don't know where they are, you can't do anything about them offensive or defensive. These guys risked not just enemy action but the vagaries of weather, mechanical breakdowns and navigational errors, not to mention the risks inherent in getting a flying boat in the air and back again, to get that vital information.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:40:31 PM PST
by
magslinger
(What is the fastest growing oppressed minority in America? Hoplophiles.)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Welcome home and now rest in peace.
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posted on
12/01/2008 2:09:55 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(Obama/Biden...change you can laugh at!)
To: Stonewall Jackson
“Taps”
Composed By Major General Daniel Butterfield
Army of the Potomac, Civil War
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/taps.htm
“Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh — Falls the night.
“Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky.
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
“Then good night, peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear — Friend, good night.”
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posted on
12/01/2008 2:28:25 PM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(ObamaNation - beyond your expectations.)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Welcome home faithful servant.
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posted on
12/01/2008 2:55:59 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Read a bit more about the man and the ship name after him here.
Tills (DE-748)
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posted on
12/01/2008 3:18:18 PM PST
by
csvset
To: Stonewall Jackson
A proud nation welcomes home a hero and a great American.
Thank you, Ensign Tillis.
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posted on
12/01/2008 3:20:38 PM PST
by
La Enchiladita
(Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)
To: Stonewall Jackson
“Until the day the sea gives up its dead”
Welcome home.
To: Stonewall Jackson
Welcome home, brother! :)
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posted on
12/01/2008 3:36:13 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Red is the Color of Virility, Blue is the Color of Impotence)
To: Stonewall Jackson
God bless you, young sailor, home at last. You were not forgotten.
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posted on
12/01/2008 3:53:38 PM PST
by
luvadavi
(Important old novel: The Moon Is Down, John Steinbeck, 1942)
To: Stonewall Jackson
God Bless Ensign Tills and his family.
Rest In Peace. Welcome home.
May God Bless America.
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posted on
12/01/2008 4:48:14 PM PST
by
LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Can you add me to your POW/MIA list? thanks
To: magslinger; Stonewall Jackson
End of patrol, RTB.
Welcome home Mr. Tills. Godspeed your long journey.
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posted on
12/01/2008 5:30:45 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
To: Stonewall Jackson; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; mylife; BIGLOOK; tongue-tied; MEG33; SandRat; ...
"Lest I maintain my complacent ways,
I must remember someone died for me today.
As long as there is war..
I will ask, and I must answer..
Was I worth dying for?"
(From a midwestern war memorial)
Rest in peace Ensign Tills
Welcome home.
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posted on
12/01/2008 5:39:55 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: Stonewall Jackson; MS.BEHAVIN
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posted on
12/01/2008 6:03:33 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: SueRae
Ensign Robert G. Tills, welcome home and thank you for your ultimate sacrifice.
Prayers for your family Ensign.
mrs and The Chief
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posted on
12/01/2008 6:46:53 PM PST
by
proudmilitarymrs
(Obama wants to spread the wealth around. My wealth.)
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