Article Published July 28, 2003 Plaque a deserved thank-you token for pilot Story by Mike Peters Sitting at home now, 60 years later, he can still hear the noises: the flak bursts around the plane, the muffled explosions of the bombs below, the sighs of relief and expressions of joy of returning to base safely. This was Rhoten Smith's world in 1943. It was World War II. A movie was made several years ago about these men and what they did. "Memphis Belle" was the name of the movie and the B-17 that survived. It told the story of the...