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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Eddie Albert, dead at 99
« on: May 27, 2005, 06:38:24 PM »
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Re: Eddie Albert, dead at 99
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2005, 10:19:08 PM »
Eddie.

He pulled over 40 wounded men out of the water, under intense enemy fire at Tarawa.

another Hero gone.
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Eddie Albert, dead at 99
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2005, 11:17:36 PM »
The world has lost a true gentleman. Mr Eddie Albert.
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Eddie Albert, dead at 99
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2005, 11:35:49 PM »
A great actor and a great human being.
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2005, 07:43:04 AM »
Wow had no idea he was a war hero.   Mr. Albert.

You know, if was 99 now, that makes him pretty old for a soldier on the beaches of Tarawa, doesn't?   Somewhere in his 30s?
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2005, 08:35:29 AM »
<> Eddie.

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