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Trump speaks with last surviving member of ‘Doolittle Raiders’
washingtontimes.com ^
| 7/4/17
| Dave Boyer
Posted on 07/04/2017 4:09:18 PM PDT by ColdOne
President Trump spoke by phone with the last surviving member of the famed “Doolittle Raiders” to thank the 101-year-old veteran for his service as the nation marks Independence Day.
The White House said Mr. Trump “offered his best wishes and support” to retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, a World War II veteran who was recently injured.
“The president congratulated Lt. Col. Cole on his courage, thanked him for his service, and wished him a full recovery in advance of his upcoming 102nd birthday,” the White House said of the Sunday phone call.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doolittle; doolittleraiders
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Nice!
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:09:18 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
I’m sure owebama regularly did this sort of thing, right? Right???
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:11:04 PM PDT
by
43north
(Inside every leftist is a totalitarian fascist thug waiting to get out.)
To: ColdOne
This is what a REAL President does...
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:13:04 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: ColdOne; tet68; armydawg505; skinkinthegrass; onedoug; 2ndDivisionVet; ConorMacNessa; NKP_Vet; ...
Thank you for posting this story.
Doolittle Raiders ping
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:17:27 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:24:57 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:31:26 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! “Laughing my #Ossoff)
To: GreyFriar
Thanks for the ping. Nice video at the link.
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:34:48 PM PDT
by
zot
To: ColdOne
101. Not bad for someone who didn’t know if he’d see April 19th 1942.
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:38:27 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
To: ColdOne
Gosh, he was Col. Doolittle’s copilot. Gives me chills. I read “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” at an impressionable age, like 9.
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:47:28 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Golden Rule. Just that.)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
07/04/2017 4:49:48 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: ColdOne
While at Eglin the Raiders practiced taking off from a marked line. I can’t recall the distance.
On one of the TV history type channels they had the owner of one of the surviving B-25s try to duplicate the feat. He revved the engines and let it roll.
He could not do what those WWII pilots did. He did say they had 115 octane gasoline back then.
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:16:52 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
strong wind down the carrier deck helps a lot
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:22:51 PM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: yarddog
They cut lots of weight also
To: telstar12.5
In the film of the actual takeoff taken from a nearby cruiser, it appears some of them almost lift straight up off the deck. I guess that is where the expression, “turn into the wind” comes from.
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:27:39 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: miliantnutcase
I know they removed a lot of stuff to save weight but wonder how much they regained due to extra fuel tanks being added.
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:33:33 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
If I remember correctly, the gun turrets were removed and replaced with fuel tanks.
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:38:53 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: ColdOne
Send a small Carrier up the Potomac, DC is more dangerous to US citizens than Raqqua.
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posted on
07/04/2017 5:41:29 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
To: GreyFriar
Thanks for the ping.
I would they’d have hit the emperor.
“Turn him into an asset”, my ass-et.
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posted on
07/04/2017 6:06:21 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: 43north
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posted on
07/04/2017 7:29:51 PM PDT
by
SteveH
To: ColdOne
Marks a welcome change from the previous administration, which would have placed a call to General Tojo to apologize for being mean to him.
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