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04-10-2019, 03:01 AM
It Took Guts To Do This
Flying a bomber, even a medium bomber, off a carrier in 1942? Oh yeah....took brass balls.
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Quote:Last of WW2 'Doolittle Raiders' Dick Cole dies aged 103
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04-10-2019, 03:19 AM
It Took Guts To Do This
Thanks for posting this up. My neighbor was a glider pilot, another gutsy job in WWII. Thanks for reminding me.
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04-10-2019, 03:28 AM
It Took Guts To Do This
You're goddamned straight, it took guts. Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, Lt Cole.
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04-10-2019, 03:39 AM
It Took Guts To Do This
People generally weren't pansies back then.