Fly Boy ?????

he mentions the smell of "jet fuel".

That's a good one. I suppose he means diesel fuel for the ship.

I'm reading "The Village" by Bing West, about a USMC squad in a
village in Vietnam. Several times Mr. West refers to grenades as "hand
bombs", and it's not because he doesn't know better. He was a platoon
leader in Vietnam. I assume he decided to make things easier for the
modern reader.

West is the guy who wrote the splendid account of the marines in Iraq,
"The March Up". http://tinyurl.com/rv6q


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On 20 Oct 2003 23:42:29 GMT, nt (Gordon) wrote:

The
book "Flyboys" is intensely interesting and gives a lot of insight into why the
other airmen were eaten by the Japanese officers, to strengthen their fighting
spirit.

I didn't realize that Bush 41 came so close to being eaten!

I became interested in cannibalism when I was researching Col TSUJI
Masanobu, who was involved in killing an American airman on the
China-Burma border toward the end of the war, and cooking and serving
up his liver to the officers' mess. This was apparently an
indisputable act, with the airman's name known to the Japanese (but
not traced in American records, alas). I posted my notes at
www.warbirdforum.com/tsuji.htm

There was another well-known incident. The Ambon Islands? sticks in my
mind. Perhaps that was near where Bush 41 went down.

(I would think that the Bushes would be rather hard to chew on!
Nothing like as tasty as, say, a Clinton or even a Gore.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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"Autocollimator" wrote in message
...
Thousands flew in the air war in WW II. What the hell is the big deal
about old
man Bush???





And why is his wife's picture on your one dollar bills ?




Cheers



Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote:

"Autocollimator" wrote in message
...
Thousands flew in the air war in WW II. What the hell is the big deal
about old
man Bush???





And why is his wife's picture on your one dollar bills ?
pfff

It's his mother. He married his mother. She was the compatible
bearer - to spawn the Bush Jnr! Endless rows of Illuminati prote vats
and hideous failed experiments. Only the mother would suppoert the
early clones, don't you see? Don't you seeee???
wally

Grantland wrote:

"Dave Kearton" wrote:

"Autocollimator" wrote in message

And why is his wife's picture on your one dollar bills ?
pfff

It's his mother. He married his mother. She was the compatible
bearer - to spawn the Bush Jnr! Endless rows of Illuminati prote vats
and hideous failed experiments. Only the mother would suppoert the
early clones, don't you see? Don't you seeee???

What??!!! No reference to Jews??!!!

You're slipping.


SMH

"Dave Kearton" wrote in
message
"Autocollimator" wrote in message
...
Thousands flew in the air war in WW II. What the hell is the big
deal about old man Bush???





And why is his wife's picture on your one dollar bills ?

You fool, that's Chelsea Clinton.

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I hate furries.

Thousands flew in the air war in WW II. What the hell is the big deal about old
man Bush???

Gosh, I don't know.

Lessee. He became ambassador to China, head of the Central
Intelligence Agency, president of the United States ...

No, nothing in there would explain why anyone would be more interested
in him than in, say, Art Kramer.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Cub Driver wrote in message
...

Thousands flew in the air war in WW II. What the hell is the big deal
about old
man Bush???

Gosh, I don't know.

Lessee. He became ambassador to China, head of the Central
Intelligence Agency, president of the United States ...

No, nothing in there would explain why anyone would be more interested
in him than in, say, Art Kramer.

all the best -- Dan Ford

Seems to me this book pales in comparison to the Kennedy family
worshipping done by many in this country. Notice the book about GB 41
comes out after he's retired from politics. It seems that the last
thing GWB would want during an election is a close association with his
dad. His dad is known for 2 things, "read my lips" and leaving Saddam
in power. Wasn't GHWB the youngest Navy pilot of WWII?

--

Scott
--------
"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

Seems to me this book pales in comparison to the Kennedy family
worshipping done by many in this country. Notice the book about GB 41
comes out after he's retired from politics. It seems that the last
thing GWB would want during an election is a close association with his
dad. His dad is known for 2 things, "read my lips" and leaving Saddam
in power. Wasn't GHWB the youngest Navy pilot of WWII?

You don't understand. Hero-worshipping military men is repugnant if
done by Republicans, perfectly acceptable if done by Democrats. (Back
in 1992 I offered a pact to a local Democrat: that I would write Colin
Powell's name onto the New Hampshire presidential preference ballot if
she would do the same on her ballot. She said: "Oh! I could *never*
vote for a military man!" So ... guess who is the local chair of the
Wesley Clark campaign today?)

Bush 41 is not the albatross that many think. The media tell you that
he lost the election (a close one) because of a recession and a war
that turned out badly (in that Saddam remained in power). What they do
not tell you is that Ross Perot got 15 percent of the popular vote.
Where would those votes have gone if Perot had not been in the race?
And do you see a Perot on the horizon today?

I rather doubt Bush 41 was the youngest USN pilot of WWII, though he
was certainly just a boy. No doubt there were many young men who lied
about their ages and who became pilots.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Subject: Fly Boy ?????
From: Cub Driver
Date: 10/21/03 4:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

Bush 41 is not the albatross that many think. The media tell you that
he lost the election (a close one) because of a recession and a war
that turned out badly (in that Saddam remained in power).

Yeah it is all the fault of the press.

rather doubt Bush 41 was the youngest USN pilot of WWII, though he
was certainly just a boy

Weren't we all. Big deal.




Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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