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Title: now, really....
Post by: udet on March 04, 2003, 01:31:45 PM: Had you been young and kicking during WW2, would you have volunteered for the Air Corps, knowing all that you know now-that is, that you have a fairly large chance of buying the farm?
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Post by: Saurdaukar on March 04, 2003, 01:42:09 PM: Absolutely.
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Post by: GtoRA2 on March 04, 2003, 01:53:38 PM: I would try and get in a P-38 outfit, lol.
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Post by: Mini D on March 04, 2003, 01:55:40 PM: Really? Knowing full well you'd most likely end up in the 8th Air Force as a bomber pilot or crew?

I know I would.

MiniD
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Post by: gofaster on March 04, 2003, 01:56:43 PM: Cool leather jacket vs mud-caked twill vs oil-soaked khaki....maybe the khaki but certainly the leather jacket.
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Post by: Saintaw on March 04, 2003, 01:57:56 PM: Like most poeple here, I guess :)

Yep.
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Post by: Furious on March 04, 2003, 02:14:33 PM: yes.

no question.
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Post by: Kanth on March 04, 2003, 02:18:41 PM: nope.
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Post by: RedDg on March 04, 2003, 02:22:41 PM: In a heartbeat
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Post by: Soulyss on March 04, 2003, 02:25:40 PM: I'd like to think I would, cept I'd join the navy. :)
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Post by: straffo on March 04, 2003, 02:28:29 PM: squadron 341/340 or NN without a doubt.
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Post by: SunKing on March 04, 2003, 02:34:50 PM: Of course we all would. Everyone wanted to do their part in crushing tyrany. No one knew the horror of war, just the glamour.
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Post by: udet on March 04, 2003, 02:36:05 PM: I would. Chances are if you lived in that era you'd be drafted anyway. But I'd make my damnedest to make sure I end up in England. The US Air Corps guys had lots of fun with English girls(easy to get with a pair of silk stockings), while the Brits were eating sand and screwing camels in North Africa.
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Post by: udet on March 04, 2003, 02:37:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SunKing
Of course we all would. Everyone wanted to do their part in crushing tyrany. No one knew the horror of war, just the glamour.

sunking, the idea was, would you still volunteer knowing what you know now.
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Post by: miko2d on March 04, 2003, 02:38:39 PM: SunKing: Of course we all would. Everyone wanted to do their part in crushing tyrany.

Hah, hah, hah... Oh! Were you serious?

miko
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Post by: Hortlund on March 04, 2003, 03:02:51 PM: No way. Infantry for me thanks.
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Post by: Charon on March 04, 2003, 05:21:05 PM: I would want to be a Sherman tank commander :) Given my fair but not perfect eyesight I would probably have washed out of flight school by default just like I did during my pre-WOFT physical in the Army. I passed the funky written test though.

After WW2 avaition, I have always found the Silent Service to be appealing with heroes like Mush Morton and Dick O'Kane. "Hit 'em again and hit 'em Harder" for the late Sam Dealey. If only those Mark 14 exploders were up to snuff.

Charon
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Post by: Octavius on March 04, 2003, 11:03:39 PM: Hell yeah :)

Although I'd probably want to fly my P40 straight through to the end... or maybe jump ship and go fly 109s :)

As soon as they build the first Holodeck (star trek), I'll be first on the list for a WWII simulation. I'll live in my holodeck.. forever and ever :D
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Post by: Birddogg on March 05, 2003, 12:07:44 AM: to war? NEVER ...
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Post by: Hristo on March 05, 2003, 12:13:00 AM: yeah, I'd open the mouth about bombing the RAF, Enigma code, Ladoga lake, Normandy...you know, all the mean stuff ;)
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Post by: leonid on March 05, 2003, 01:21:15 AM: No, I would've gone to the Soviet Union to volunteer, and very likely died in a rifle division ;)
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Post by: 10Bears on March 05, 2003, 04:39:53 AM: N. Alantic Merchant Marine here :eek:
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Post by: Dowding on March 05, 2003, 04:44:04 AM: I don't have the eyesight for it.

I think with my background in hard science I would have been used elsewhere - encryption or R&D would have been interesting.
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Post by: JimBear on March 05, 2003, 08:19:46 AM: I would. Then again I would probably end up wiping windscreens, changing engines and gasing them up.... sorta like real life ;)
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Post by: Saurdaukar on March 05, 2003, 08:25:43 AM: Youre all ignoring the big question on everyones mind...

Would you shoot chutes? ;)
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Post by: majic on March 05, 2003, 10:43:49 AM: "Would you shoot chutes?"

Well....maybe.....if they exploded...
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Post by: udet on March 05, 2003, 02:10:08 PM: best job: test pilot. U don't get shot at, and you get to fly both your country's planes and the enemy's
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Post by: Strange on March 05, 2003, 02:20:36 PM: Hell yes!!

I'd have to be in the 56th :D Just fly my lovely Jug..

My other choice would be a test pilot
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Post by: Dune on March 05, 2003, 03:34:14 PM: Many in my family went, so I'd have gone with them.
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Post by: slimm50 on March 05, 2003, 04:05:04 PM: No question, I'd go in a heartbeat.