There have been NO legitimate Repuke presidents since Eisenhower.

[sadaist]

Why were they heroes? Do you mean military celebrities?

Sadly you are correct. I haven't been alive in the time of a true famous military hero. But in the old days there were genuine generals that were considered national heroes.

[sadaist]

He was a torpedo bomber pilot for the Navy flying Avengers. He was shot down actually and narrowly escape certain death in Japanese captivity. The book Flyboys deals with what happened during a series of air strikes conducted around the island of Chichi Jima, the sister atoll of the more well known Iwo Jima. The latter being famous because of the Marine landings there whereas Chichi was isolated using bombers, but no landings ever took place there. Bush escaped, but the other naval aviators who were captured were killed after being held for a time and then ordered to be cannibalized ritualistically by an alcoholic Imperial Japanese Army officer. Most of the Japanese servicemen on the island were disgusted by their treatment and many refused to partake or faked eating the flesh....

WOW! I had no idea. Fucking crazy. Now I want to learn about these guys.

[SunisinuS]

WOW! I had no idea. Fucking crazy. Now I want to learn about these guys.

GHB I do have some respect for as a person. I used to serve breakfast (as a host) back in the days of those jobs and met one of his "bunkmates" as in, like you know 20 of them in a bunk space.

That guy was later on the raid that sank the Yamato. He said George was meticulous, kept mostly to himself, and wrote his mother everyday, and Always on Sunday.

Least that fuck knew what it was to be dropped in the drink during a war, instead of his son, that thought only Olives did that.