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Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:38 pm
16th FS 51st FG Nov. 1942
In Thailand I had monkey on a stick

But I never had monkey on a leash
Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:05 pm
Is there a tag on the neck saying "Remove Before Flight"
Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:20 pm
lestweforget wrote:Is there a tag on the neck saying "Remove Before Flight"

Brilliant.
Actually, he's the starter motor. They get him to hold on
real tight, then pull hard...
Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:47 pm
now, that is different!! my dad, an infantry captain at the time, tamed a crow on morotai during ww 2 that he called "piss call charlie," in honor of the japanese flying over bombing & strafing all of the time. dad 's outfit mopped up the remaining enemy & protected the usaaf air strip perimeter from marauding infiltrators, snipers etc. the old man is 92 & still kicking!! golf, fishing, gardening, & ceo of our family biz!!