Thanks Ed Rasimus

Ed;

I finally found your book,I stumbled onto a Borders at Sunset and
Vine in Hollywood. Lucky for me it was the day the place opened for
business and they had your book on the shelf. Great stuff,I am
awaiting and hoping there will be a chapter two about the F4 days.
Regards,
Frank M.Hitlaw;

On 19 Nov 2003 07:11:44 -0800, (Frank Hitlaw)
wrote:

Ed;

I finally found your book,I stumbled onto a Borders at Sunset and
Vine in Hollywood. Lucky for me it was the day the place opened for
business and they had your book on the shelf. Great stuff,I am
awaiting and hoping there will be a chapter two about the F4 days.
Regards,
Frank M.Hitlaw;

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

The F-4 story is currently in production and under contract with
Smithsonian. We're presently programmed for the Fall '04 catalog,
which means availability around Sept. of next year.

Shouldn't have been "hard to find"--Amazon has always listed it.

Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd

I finally found your book,I stumbled onto a Borders at Sunset and
Vine in Hollywood. Lucky for me it was the day the place opened for
business and they had your book on the shelf. Great stuff,I am
awaiting and hoping there will be a chapter two about the F4 da

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd

I finally found your book,I stumbled onto a Borders at Sunset and
Vine in Hollywood. Lucky for me it was the day the place opened for
business and they had your book on the shelf. Great stuff,I am
awaiting and hoping there will be a chapter two about the F4 da

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

You mean Ed hasn't sent you a signed copy, Art?

On 19 Nov 2003 22:00:06 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

Arthur Kramer

It's been available online at Amazon since well before publication in
Feb. Also available online at Borders and B&N. Ask, demand, pound on
the counter. Create a ground swell of public outcry. Go limp and get
arrested, then talk to reporters for the Las Vegas Sun, complaining
that they denied you a true account of a whimpering, scared spit-less
Lt, flying airplanes in a nasty, unappreciated war. Give an interview
to Sixty Minutes. Make an appearance on O'Reilly. Demand your right to
read the book!

Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 3:10 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

On 19 Nov 2003 22:00:06 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

Arthur Kramer

It's been available online at Amazon since well before publication in
Feb. Also available online at Borders and B&N. Ask, demand, pound on
the counter. Create a ground swell of public outcry. Go limp and get
arrested, then talk to reporters for the Las Vegas Sun, complaining
that they denied you a true account of a whimpering, scared spit-less
Lt, flying airplanes in a nasty, unappreciated war. Give an interview
to Sixty Minutes. Make an appearance on O'Reilly. Demand your right to
read the book!



Dan Rather here I come. (ROFL)



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On 19 Nov 2003 22:00:06 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd

Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!

My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

Arthur Kramer

It's been available online at Amazon since well before publication in
Feb. Also available online at Borders and B&N. Ask, demand, pound on
the counter. Create a ground swell of public outcry. Go limp and get
arrested, then talk to reporters for the Las Vegas Sun, complaining
that they denied you a true account of a whimpering, scared spit-less
Lt, flying airplanes in a nasty, unappreciated war. Give an interview
to Sixty Minutes. Make an appearance on O'Reilly. Demand your right to
read the book!

Naah, I just sent Amazon a credit card number. I did a race between Barnes
and Noble's ability to get a normally stocked book (Wings of Victory)
against Amazon delivering Sword and Shield. Amazon won in a walk.

Ed, I enjoyed your book a lot (and am glad I was a submariner during the
late unpleasantness). One thing struck me: many of your early missions were
flown with 2x3000lb bombs. Why was that? That loadout looks 'way suboptimal
for the kinds of targets you were pasting.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:29:05 -0500, "Paul F Austin"
wrote:


Ed, I enjoyed your book a lot (and am glad I was a submariner during the
late unpleasantness). One thing struck me: many of your early missions were
flown with 2x3000lb bombs. Why was that? That loadout looks 'way suboptimal
for the kinds of targets you were pasting.


Who am I to contradict Robert Strange McNamara regarding a shortage of
suitable ordinance during 1966?

Speaking of pilot books, Brian Shul had a booth at the Nellis show this
last week and was selling special editions of his book for $425 dollars.
I didn't have the heart to tell him I read it for free at the library :^p

Ed Rasimus wrote:

On 19 Nov 2003 22:00:06 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:



Subject: Thanks Ed Rasimus
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/19/03 1:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: ujonrvc5j79q7v9f1ombtrga8mi8ijd





Nice to know that Borders had it in stock. Hope they back-filled!


My Borders still doesn't have it in stock neither does the local Barnes &
Noble. Oh well.. I am a patient man. (sigh)

Arthur Kramer



It's been available online at Amazon since well before publication in
Feb. Also available online at Borders and B&N. Ask, demand, pound on
the counter. Create a ground swell of public outcry. Go limp and get
arrested, then talk to reporters for the Las Vegas Sun, complaining
that they denied you a true account of a whimpering, scared spit-less
Lt, flying airplanes in a nasty, unappreciated war. Give an interview
to Sixty Minutes. Make an appearance on O'Reilly. Demand your right to
read the book!




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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:46:16 -0800, dave999 wrote:

Speaking of pilot books, Brian Shul had a booth at the Nellis show this
last week and was selling special editions of his book for $425 dollars.
I didn't have the heart to tell him I read it for free at the library :^p


Brian has always been in his own separate world. I worked with him for
a couple of years at Holloman in the AT-38 Fighter Lead-In program.
This was before his "sled" years. Lots of health issues were going on
regarding the burns and scarring. Good guy, but a seagull when it came
to flying. Had to throw rocks at him to get him airborne.