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On this date in 1942, the Doolittle Raid bombed Japan fropm their base in "shangri la" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid

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And not one word of it in the media here. How quickly the 80 Brave men have been forgotten. I will remember them for the rest of my life I know for certain.
When I buy my smokes, I use two birthdays when the clerk asks my birthday.
I give 7 December 1941
the next time 18 April 1942

Thus far 7 December 1941 has hung up one clerk...she just looked, then said..."why is that date familiar to me"?
I told her....Pearl Harbor..
she said "oh right"? with a face that appeared questioning.
Ummmm. the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
"Ohhhh right" a shrug of the shoulders.
I say to her well, over 2,ooo servicemen were killed, a little over 1,1oo wounded. Sixty some odd or even number of civilians were killed, they would love your reaction in remembering them. And I just walk away wondering Where TF did lessons in history go.

As for the Doolittle Raiders, While I do not remember all of their names, I know where to find them on the net. I always remember that their early takeoff changed their mission into a suicide mission. What nerve and bravery. What a time.

but I'm just sayin'

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Kind Regards,
Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

Doolittle Raider Lt.Col Edward Saylor rest in peace ...

https://www.facebook.com/DoolittleTokyo ... nref=story

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As I mentioned before, Lt Col Saylor was a neighbor when I was a kid at Richard-Gebaur AFB. His son was my best friend.
I used to go over to their house to watch Star Trek because they had a color TV (!).

Just last week I was in Mesa and saw his signature on the inside of the right bomb bay door of their B-25. Small world.

A very nice man. RIP, sir.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.
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Godspeed!

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Sadly, our schools don't teach pivitol events in our Nation's history anymore. Our great leaders, adventurers, explorers, and wartime heros are ignored and forgotten as well as the events that surrounded them. Unless a young person develops an independent interest in George Washington, Admiral Byrd, George Patton, Charles Lindbergh, James Doolittle or Neil Armstrong (to name a few), they probably won't find these amazing Americans in their classrooms anymore. It's pretty sad...

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

But they do know who the finalists were on American Idol last year!
And who co-starred in Kim Kardashian's sex tape...:)

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.
Note political free signature.
I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.