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Irish_Dem

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3. Great story.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2024, 03:16 PM

Jun 2024

Kudos to the college student for a superb piece of research and follow through.

Love the picture of Air Force men dressed in Army uniforms.

The B-17 was an important aircraft, a bomber which did day runs,
it was a fortress and could take a lot of flak and still do its job.

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Memorial: Forgotten WW2 Army Aircrew, B17 Shot Down No. France, June 1944; 10 Men, 1 Survivor [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2024 OP

Their sacrifice has so far bought us 4 generations marybourg Jun 2024 #1

Yes and apparently many Americans take it all for granted. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #2

You were 2, nice. 4 generations of democracy, more ahead. *A crew relative said: appalachiablue Jun 2024 #4

Great story. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #3

Yes, a terrific story and great work by the history student and appalachiablue Jun 2024 #5

Yes GWU is a good school. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #6

I can believe the US had the resources and sense to utilize appalachiablue Jun 2024 #7

Training is expensive and time consuming. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #8