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Offline ozrocker

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Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« on: February 05, 2013, 08:21:21 PM »
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http://news.msn.com/obits/battle-of-midway-hero-jim-muri-dies

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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 08:38:25 PM »
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 10:10:24 PM »
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 10:23:11 PM »
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 10:30:11 PM »
Clever, brave, brilliant man.
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2013, 03:00:08 AM »


I remember posting about him a long time ago.
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2013, 11:29:09 AM »
"Muri's B-26 buzzed the flight deck of the carrier to avoid the ships guns from training on their low flying aircraft. He was slightly lower than tree top level..."

Soon after this hair cut began getting popular among Japanese navel men.

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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2013, 12:05:30 PM »
Fair skies and tailwinds forever.   :salute
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2013, 12:39:01 PM »
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Not many left now. Soon WWII will no longer be in living memory.
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2013, 01:14:40 PM »
I wish the Countries would all post stories and Obituaries of those who served,
regardless of service and Country. As said, soon it will only be stories in writing, not from the sources.



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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2013, 04:21:03 PM »
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2013, 05:18:18 PM »
Wow. I had not read that before. 

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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2013, 05:36:23 PM »
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Re: Jim Muri B-26 Hero in Battle of Midway dies
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2013, 11:07:53 PM »
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