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James Doohan's (Scotty) World War II Service (Rest in Peace)
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Posted on 07/20/2005 11:49:26 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
"Diplomats! The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaserbank" - Scotty...
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:13:09 PM PDT
by
LRS
To: Patrick1
Here! Here!
God speed Scotty! and thank you for all the good memories.
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:13:14 PM PDT
by
enraged
To: Pyro7480
Scotty beamed up!
RIP
To: XJarhead; You Dirty Rats
To: Pyro7480
Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces".Story I heard was that he trained his men by weaving between electrical transmission towers and under the wires. Very typical of the 'craziness' of Canadian soldiers of that time and that lasted up until Trudeau took over.
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:16:06 PM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: COBOL2Java; MeekOneGOP; devolve; potlatch
more sniffles . .
(Good Lordy how time went by - Scotty was 85!)
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:16:31 PM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
To: Pyro7480
![](http://users3.ev1.net/~d_c_lee/sonofatpatcher2/Diplomats.jpg)
Sad day for all...
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:18:55 PM PDT
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: Pyro7480
Yeah, I remember one episode where Mr. Scott took his bottle of Scotch and tried to use it to get someone drunk but it didn't work. Can't remember the reason though.
To: Pyro7480
Doohan was wounded as an infantryman during the D-Day invasion of Normandy and returned to action later in the war as a fighter pilot.
That is quite an accomplishment!
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:20:17 PM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Seeking the truth here folks.)
To: lilylangtree
Klingon: "The Enterprise should be hauling garbage".
Scotty: "Laddy, don't you think you ought to rephrase that.
Klingon: "You're right. I should. The Enterprise should be hauled away AS garbage"
Boom, Bang Crash.
When I was a wee lad, I went to a convention. There was a long line to get memoribilia signed. Rather then just rapidly sign my stuff, he ruffled my hair and spent two minutes talking to me. One of my fondest memories of childhood. Class act all the way. I didn't know about his WWII service.
RIP Scotty.
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:23:04 PM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
To: lilylangtree
Capt. Kirk: "So Scotty, you're looking much better, Dr. McCoy tells me you were sick."
Scotty: "Aye Capt., I had a wee touch for a while but I'm better now."
Capt. Kirk: "Well what was the problem?"
Dr. McCoy: "Shore leave!"
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:25:09 PM PDT
by
Licensed-To-Carry
(Praise be to the LORD, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.)
To: MattinNJ
To: Licensed-To-Carry
To: nutmeg
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:28:00 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: COBOL2Java
From Mr Doohan's website:
'Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces".'
Then from Reuters"
"Doohan was wounded as an infantryman during the D-Day invasion of Normandy and returned to action later in the war as a fighter pilot."
One of them is dead wrong and I would bet hard earned American money that it it Reuters.
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:30:20 PM PDT
by
Bar-Face
To: Pyro7480
Even though Doohan lived to 85--a truly long life--he will be seriously and sorely missed.
![](http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/sad/5.gif)
Off-screen, he was a man who exuded class all the way and was a heroic World War II veteran who braved the horrors of D-Day. Godspeed, Mr. Doohan, for God has beamed you home.
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
![](http://tinypic.com/96mjja)
I was curious to see which finger he lost...
Looks like it was the middle finger on his right hand.
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
taking six hits: four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his middle right finger. Im a dunce... :\
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posted on
07/20/2005 12:36:01 PM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Pyro7480
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