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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on February 24, 2007, 03:59:14 PM
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"As a 32-year-old helicopter pilot, he flew through a gauntlet of enemy fire, taking ammunition in and wounded Americans out of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War, Army records say."
Bout damn time and fortunately its not posthumous for a change.
Far as Im concerned Yes we have alot of heroic dead
but as Patton once said
"We have an awful lot of heroic live ones too"
here is one of them
Bruce Candrell to get Medal of Honor (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-24-crandall_x.htm)
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A very great man and humble.
"And of course, Crandall says, he's also proud of his own performance.
"I'm so proud that I didn't screw it up," he said."
Well done! Sir.
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Was he Snake****?
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Was he Snake****?
yes
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> Far, far too long after the fact.
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what rpm said.
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He better get the back pay owed for getting an MoH.
Now, let's get one of Maj. Dick Winters!
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About time. It's hard to believe Vietnam vets can be 74 years old. It somehow still seems recent.
I read recently that some Vietnam era chopper pilots are now flying in Iraq. Imagine going back to war after all this time?
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Originally posted by cpxxx
About time. It's hard to believe Vietnam vets can be 74 years old. It somehow still seems recent.
I read recently that some Vietnam era chopper pilots are now flying in Iraq. Imagine going back to war after all this time?
I am wondering that maybe for some. It might in a weird and terrible way almost feel like they are going home again
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Originally posted by cpxxx
About time. It's hard to believe Vietnam vets can be 74 years old. It somehow still seems recent.
I read recently that some Vietnam era chopper pilots are now flying in Iraq. Imagine going back to war after all this time?
I know one who is in his late 80s. He was a Marine corsair pilot in WWII and Korea and was shot down, bailed or crashed 5 times. He was in Vietnam as well but I don’t recall if he was admin or still flying; he was/is a colonel. An interesting thing about the guy, his first name is Speed.
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robin olds is a vietnam vet with 4 AtoA victories, he's in his eighties as well.
jack casey is a veteran of the cuban missile crisis as well as korea and vietnam. he flew one of the photo/recce crusaders that provided concrete evidence of the russian missles being assembled in cienfuegos. he later went on to fly combat missions in vietnam, he's in his late 70's.
iceal hambleton the famous bat21 is in his 70's as well.
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If you ask Robin Olds about his Vietnam record, take note of the twinkle in his eyes when he answers "four".:t
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My buddy Jack is 63/64 or something close, when I saw his pic as a young fit man in Aircrew overalls it was hard to reconcile the fact that it was the same guy. I don't know why, just was strange.
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it's about time
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Originally posted by rpm
<> Far, far too long after the fact.
Yep! <> Mr. Candrell.
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IT's sad it takes a movie for people to see if it's beyond the call of duty, etc.
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Originally posted by Hawklore
IT's sad it takes a movie for people to see if it's beyond the call of duty, etc.
I dunno, I think that movies are fantastic way to bring that out. Most people don't take the time to learn about history through reading of books ~ but will definitely take the time to go see a movie.
I'd say that the movies are not good for use as a teaching tool, but if you can capture just a little bit of history into a well-done movie, there's always a chance that some youngster (who would have never otherwise heard about the event) may do a little more research on the subject.
My sons have all of the lines to We Were Soldiers memorized (after having watched it about a million times). If they take with them to adulthood just a little bit of well-earned respect for those men portrayed in the movie, and are able to pass that respect for our service members on to their own children, then the movie has served a purpose other than entertainment.
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Originally posted by Hawco
My buddy Jack is 63/64 or something close, when I saw his pic as a young fit man in Aircrew overalls it was hard to reconcile the fact that it was the same guy. I don't know why, just was strange.
I agree... seen younger pics of my Dad. BIG change after once in Korean War and Twice in Nam. Miss him.
Mac
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Originally posted by texasmom
I dunno, I think that movies are fantastic way to bring that out. Most people don't take the time to learn about history through reading of books ~ but will definitely take the time to go see a movie.
I'd say that the movies are not good for use as a teaching tool, but if you can capture just a little bit of history into a well-done movie, there's always a chance that some youngster (who would have never otherwise heard about the event) may do a little more research on the subject.
My sons have all of the lines to We Were Soldiers memorized (after having watched it about a million times). If they take with them to adulthood just a little bit of well-earned respect for those men portrayed in the movie, and are able to pass that respect for our service members on to their own children, then the movie has served a purpose other than entertainment.
No, no..
I agree with you...
I still think it's horrible that it requires that for action to be taken.
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Originally posted by Hawklore
I still think it's horrible that it requires that for action to be taken.
You're right Hawklore. I do see what you're saying.
One of the things that the volunteers at our local museums have an opportunity to do is gather documentation when queries are sent about soldiers receiving/not receiving recognition.
Only a little bit of effort is what it takes to gather the documents and provide to the people in a position to do something about it.
Tmom