To: SAMWolf
I always shake my head when I see the casualty statistics for the Eighth Air Force. So few crews ever made it to 25 or 30 missions.
BTW, I think Twelve O'Clock High is one of the best war movies ever made. Snippy should add it to her list.
52 posted on
02/09/2004 10:17:59 AM PST by
colorado tanker
("There are but two parties now, Traitors and Patriots")
To: colorado tanker
It's easy to forget that each time a bomber went down 10 men were involved. Add to that the nubers of dead and wounded who came back in damaged planes, some of those missions ended up being very costly.
55 posted on
02/09/2004 10:29:24 AM PST by
SAMWolf
(I am reading a very interesting book about anti-gravity.)
To: colorado tanker; SAMWolf
Snippy should add it to her list.It's on Snippy's list. I think Snippy's going to have to make a huge Christmas list. LOL. Or buy stock in videos/dvds.
I suppose before I invest in all these movies I should decide whether or not to get a dvd player and purchase dvd's instead of vhs. Please tell me they are easier to operate than VHS players!
59 posted on
02/09/2004 10:50:15 AM PST by
snippy_about_it
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