RIP Sir, and thank you for your service. And kudos to Rep Ruiz for doing the right thing.
Posted on 08/19/2015 7:20:54 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Edited on 08/19/2015 7:22:38 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Frederick R. "Fritz" Payne, a World War II fighter ace who left his mark on aviation and wartime history by shooting down six Japanese warplanes during the Battle of Guadalcanal, a bloody, months-long confrontation that helped change the course of the war, has died at age 104.
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Ping
RIP
Prayers up
We don’t deserve your sacrifice, nor the sacrifice of your brothers, but thank you sir. *salute*
A hero who came through for our country in it’s time of greatest need. We owe you and your generation so much. Rest in peace, friend.
104! By the standards of the day he was an old man to be flying fighters.
RIP.
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