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1 posted on 06/05/2009 6:26:00 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: SandRat

So is this because they’re WWII D-Day vets or because they’re black?


2 posted on 06/05/2009 6:30:56 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: SandRat

Honor and respect for all those who served and fought so bravely at Normandy and beyond.


5 posted on 06/05/2009 6:43:32 PM PDT by romanesq
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God bless them all for their service to this country and the World.


8 posted on 06/05/2009 7:09:25 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by governments. You've been warned.)
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To: SandRat
After months of training, he was assigned to the 323rd Bomb Group of the 9th Air Force as a bombardier/navigator on a B-23. He took part in the D-Day landing, with subsequent missions taking him to Reims, Chartres, the Belgian border and, in May 1945, Valenciennes.

I don't think so. There were less than 40 P-23s built, it was inferior to its contemporaries, and it was never used overseas as a bomber (some may have been used under a different designation as transports). See a picture here: http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20B-23%20BORDER.htm

9 posted on 06/05/2009 7:18:08 PM PDT by PAR35
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