SAburo Sakai, the heroe

[garrido]

Saburo Sakai has passed away,
glory to the heroe,peace for the soul of the man,
my respect

Supong

[wabbit]

Life is as the weight of a feather compared to one's duty.

Saburo dis his duty. He was a hero, to his county, his people, and to all the people of this planet.

His Duty has been completed.  May he rest in peace...

[wabbit]

I would like to suggest that everyone pick a night and time, when peace can be declared for a short period while every player in the main Aces High arena meets at an agreed upon spot on the map and plunges to the ground in honor of Saburo Saki.

[eskimo]

Dang.

When did he die.

This is kind of ironic:
  Last night, (Wednesday) was the Buccaneers squad night.  Many of us met at a local Japanese resturant for dinner and to go over our missions for the night.  Wabbit had laid plans to re-enact three of Saburo Sakai's most famous missions.  Eleven of us flew the first two missions, which lasted over an hour each. We cut it short there.  I never guessed we would have lasted that long in Zeros.  
And these missions have been on our squad calendar for over a month...

<S> to Saburo!

eskimo

[This message has been edited by eskimo (edited 09-28-2000).]

[eskimo]

I had to look and just found this on Dogpile/Foxnews:


1: Japanese WWII Ace Pilot-Turned-Peacemaker Dies
     TOKYO — Japanese World War II fighter ace Saburo Sakai, who downed 64 enemy planes and then went on to reconcile with his former foes and urge
     his nation to face its wartime past, has died. He was 84. Sakai had a heart attack Friday while reaching out to those who had once been bitter adversaries —
     at a dinner at the Atsugi U.S. naval base with American military officers, his daughter...
     Tue Sep 26 12:14 EST Fox News -