FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~ 10 October 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, clintonh8r...we thank your father for his service to our country.

Army pilot? Air Force?

[clintonh8r]

Thanks.

He was U.S. Army Air Corps. He had already enlisted before December 7, 1941 and then was sent to flight training after Pearl Harbor.

He flew C-47s in CBI (flew The Hump), then North Africa, and dropped supplies to the Italian partisans before the invasion of Italy. So he fought against both the Japanese and the Germans.

He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. I am very proud...and grateful...to be his son.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, pfflier, and we thank you and your Dad for your service to our country.

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv....you love those planes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no....she doesn’t love music. *sigh* But she loves her Mom.

[JoSixChip]

I spent 4 years at Altus in the 443FMS, 1979 to 1983. Every single year, a tornado hit the base. Not a good thing when you are an Air Frame Repair Specialist on c-5s and 141s.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for sharing his experiences...

My Dad was Army Corps of Engineers in CBI.

[clintonh8r]

Oh, I forgot one piece of trivia....One of Dad’s flight instructors at Altus was none other than comedian George Gobel. One night Johnny Carson kidded him about his stateside service. Gobel responded with something like, “You can laugh if you want, but how many Japanese aircraft got past Tulsa?”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, JoSixChip, and thanks for sharing your experience. We thank you for your service to our country.

[luvie]

I sure do! I just wish we lived near an AFB so we could see them all the time!

[Oklahoma]

I recommend the Carson Tonight Show You Tube video of George Gobel, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. One of the funniest videos from the Tonight Show.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

Just had to watch it. Oh, for a show where there were laughs without meanness, and jokes but no vicious politics.

[luvie]

Howdy, radu!

Guess what? We have a cold front coming through. Right now it’s 51 degrees and it’s supposed to get down to the mid-40s. wOOt!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I bet no Japanese aircraft got past Tulsa. LOL!!

[radu]

I just watched it, too, and am still wiping tears away. That was hilarious!

Oh, for a show where there were laughs without meanness, and jokes but no vicious politics.

Right there with ya on that, LUV!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...any light shows?

[radu]

Howdy, LUV!

Wow! Nice front moving through your area tonight! I don’t think it’s going to make it this far. :-(
Something’s coming through tomorrow but we won’t cool off as much as y’all are. Just going to have some rain and thunderstorms.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Taking a quick breather from homework?

No light shows today but I hope for some tomorrow afternoon and evening. Just hot, dreary, and muggy today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yep...quick break....being able to get something done Monday takes pressure off of Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Is that Nate that is finding you tomorrow?