Sorry about your friend Destry. I just heard a close old friend died also. We've worked together on the aircraft museum in Fairbanks for 18yrs. He was an ex Marine stationed in Japan after WWII and worked at Amchitka when they were drilling the holes then blowing of the underground nuclear bombs. Good old Montana boy and a very close friend and I have to miss his service this Friday. I heard some priceless stories from that guy and will miss him a lot. He was the last of the old guard that I started working on the museum with to go. It won't be the same hereafter.I feel privileged to have known those old guys, WWII vets most of them, and tireless advocates of our museum and good loyal Americans to their very core. I heard stories about chasing Romel across N Africa, flying old prop planes across the Atlantic, test flying P-38's and P-51's on skis in Alaska, and many more that will hopefully stay with me. They were a different breed for sure. Good men all and fine humans.
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