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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: RoadKingLarry on April 09, 2019, 09:44:04 PM
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The last surviving member of Doolittle's Tokyo raid has passed.
https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20190409/last-doolittle-raider-dies-lt-col-richard-dick-cole-passes-at-103?fbclid=IwAR0mJmm23z_eoNLLIS_7rsHf_2E8F7cXoRn9X9I7DHg5Jt76mkBOsmx2jlE (https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20190409/last-doolittle-raider-dies-lt-col-richard-dick-cole-passes-at-103?fbclid=IwAR0mJmm23z_eoNLLIS_7rsHf_2E8F7cXoRn9X9I7DHg5Jt76mkBOsmx2jlE)
:'(
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May he rest in peace, and in the warm gratitude of his countrymen.
And it will be a good day to stay off the Twitters. ;/
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And right after the USS Hornet was found too
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Rest in peace with your brothers in arms.
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If you have ever been to the National Museum of the USAF Wright-Patterson AFB, then you've seen the set of goblets for the Doolittle Raiders.
In honor of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, the citizens of Tucson, Arizona presented a set of 80 sterling goblets to the Raiders following WW II. In turn, they were presented to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs by General Doolittle, and later on to the National Museum of the USAF, on behalf of the surviving members of the Raiders for safekeeping and display between reunions.
The silver goblets are housed in a special glass-enclosed trophy case which is guarded by two Airmen. In addition to the goblets, the case contains a bottle of brandy to be used by the last two remaining Raiders at the last reunion to toast their departed comrades. Many of the goblets are already turned upside down for the men who were killed in the raid or who have since died.
At each reunion, the Raiders hold a brief ceremony to honor those who have passed away. This emotional remembrance often marks the passing of additional Raiders during the year since the last reunion.
Each goblet is inscribed twice with a Raider name - both right-side up & upside-down - so that the names are always readable.
The Final Toast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDKPYpkU5Cg&feature=youtu.be&list=PLAzyYGhMiaKx98FZIX7u3PQ7ZNjqvhSBG
And now the final goblet will be turned upside down...
:'( :'( :'(
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And now the final goblet will be turned upside down...
Why is my Dell monitor getting all blurry?
RIP, Sir, and may you be reunited with your fellow airmen in Valhalla.
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103 is a good run.
Threadjack, but I'm struck by the last Raider passing on the same day we get a headline about trying a decorated Navy SEAL for war crimes, for... uh... killing the enemy.
We've come a long way :facepalm:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-seal-eddie-gallaghers-commander-is-defying-president-trumps-orders-and-trying-to-send-warfighter-back-to-the-brig-lawyers-allege
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Threadjack, but I'm struck by the last Raider passing on the same day we get a headline about trying a decorated Navy SEAL for war crimes, for... uh... killing the enemy.
We've come a long way :facepalm:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-seal-eddie-gallaghers-commander-is-defying-president-trumps-orders-and-trying-to-send-warfighter-back-to-the-brig-lawyers-allege
Had to double check that that wasn't the seal accused of killing a fellow US Servicemember.
Looking at the list of restrictions, it's just dumb. The lack of privileged communications alone is enough that any lawyer, even if unable to secure a not guilty verdict in the current trial, is going to be able to win either an overturning of the verdict(IE not guilty in appeal) or a 2nd trial to have a good whack at securing a not guilty.