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Old 04-18-2017, 08:55 PM   #1
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Doolittles Raiders!

We attended the 75th Anniversary of the "Doolittle Raid" today at WPAFB,of the 80 Raiders only 1 is left! Lt.Col.Richard Cole was at the service,he is 101 years old! He stood up for the National Anthem,To Honor all his 79 missing Comrades,and Taps! He is one of the Many Brave Heros that makes living in the USA a Honor! Youroo!!
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:15 PM   #2
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Last of a bunch of true hero's. Not many WWII vets left.
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:23 PM   #3
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Doolittle Raiders

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
JEALOUS JUST DOESN'T SAY IT ALL...... :-)

i am a pastor & used jacob deshazer #16 plane bombardier
& mitsuo fuchida's story for my Easter-Resurrection day service
2 days ago.

I've read their biographies & have the video accounts.

additionally, my father was a wing leader in my home town area (cajun wing)
for the Confederate Air Force. went to my first large air show in Harlingen, tx
in 1978. i can't believe I'm so old. hahahahaha
my father loved WWII aircraft. my dad's good friend here had the
ScatterBrainKid P-38 till a pilot fatally crashed here at home. :-(
For my father's funeral i made a wall plaque framed of all the different
"wing" jacket patches from across the USA. The CAF requested it for their museum. :-)

ANY PHOTOS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE I WOULD BE ALL IN
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Old 04-19-2017, 03:34 AM   #4
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We attended the 75th Anniversary of the "Doolittle Raid" today at WPAFB,of the 80 Raiders only 1 is left! Lt.Col.Richard Cole was at the service,he is 101 years old! He stood up for the National Anthem,To Honor all his 79 missing Comrades,and Taps! He is one of the Many Brave Heros that makes living in the USA a Honor! Youroo!!
Wow...........Could anyone have attended that, or was it invite only? That is an awesome thing to be able to say you attended and to actually meet one of those men is truly an honor.

Talk about a group of guys who had a real set of stones.
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Old 04-19-2017, 05:41 AM   #5
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
JEALOUS JUST DOESN'T SAY IT ALL...... :-)

i am a pastor & used jacob deshazer #16 plane bombardier
& mitsuo fuchida's story for my Easter-Resurrection day service
2 days ago.

I've read their biographies & have the video accounts.

additionally, my father was a wing leader in my home town area (cajun wing)
for the Confederate Air Force. went to my first large air show in Harlingen, tx
in 1978. i can't believe I'm so old. hahahahaha
my father loved WWII aircraft. my dad's good friend here had the
ScatterBrainKid P-38 till a pilot fatally crashed here at home. :-(
For my father's funeral i made a wall plaque framed of all the different
"wing" jacket patches from across the USA. The CAF requested it for their museum. :-)

ANY PHOTOS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE I WOULD BE ALL IN
tmfaulksr1222@gmail.com
Tm,I will send some Pic! Youroo!!
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Old 04-19-2017, 05:55 AM   #6
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Wow...........Could anyone have attended that, or was it invite only? That is an awesome thing to be able to say you attended and to actually meet one of those men is truly an honor.

Talk about a group of guys who had a real set of stones.
Yes open to Public! HUGE crowd,but Early Bird get's the Worm! There were 11 B-25s that flew over in formation,2 x's and 2 B-1 B Bomber's flew over at LOW and FAST after the last speaker said his final Word! Damn that got you attention! Youroo!!
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Old 04-19-2017, 07:33 AM   #7
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Tm,I will send some Pic! Youroo!!
YOUROO,
i did receive your photos and thank you so very much.
I attached something to my response that i think you may consider
as having value. let me know if you received my response so if not
i can try a different way.

you made my day, week, month & year.
blessings
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