Yeah Tool Man, sorry for the delay. I was out at the cabin for a few days picking huckleberries and checking out things for grouse season. Looking good so far. I came home last night with a sore tummy from all those berries. It couldn't have been the mountain water in the cocktails. Jeff and I have been trading PM's and I have to tell you guys he's pretty modest. He did a wonderful story on meeting up with the gent who was the CFC gunner on his Dad's Superfort "Little Jeff". Story is in the 6th Bomb Group June 2014 Newsletter and it's a wonderful and touching piece of writing.
I agree 100% with the comments on the "Higher Call" and Stigler's story. One of our sons gave me the book a few months back and I pored through it right after that.
Here's another pic, taken on a mission about 3 months after the fighting ended on Iwo Jima. Looks pretty tranquil down there although the flight was headed to or from its own fight.
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