June 24, 201213 yr Saw this posted on a different forum, felt it was worth sharing here... Cheers! M2
June 24, 201213 yr Parents went to the cemetery at Omaha Beach a few years back. Dad (Vietnam Vet) still get choked up talking about seeing so many headstones in one cemetery and what they represent.
June 27, 201213 yr I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling.
June 27, 201213 yr I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling. On the same trip to Normandy they met some residents of Sainte-Mere-Eglise and the locals were surprised that John Steele (the American Paratrooper that landed on the church steeple) was not a household name in the U.S. I admit I didn't remember his name either until they told me. They French locals in Normandy sure remember.
June 27, 201213 yr The Belgians haven't forgotten, either: Last Post played every night at the Menin Gate at Ypres. https://www.greatwar.co.uk/events/menin-gate-last-post-ceremony.htm
July 9, 201213 yr OK kids, another star from back in that day when TVs were B&W. Who can forget The Poseidon Adventure(1972 not the stupid new one) Airwolf, McHale's Navy and the Dirty Dozen just to name a few.
July 9, 201213 yr Well, that's 2 down, one to go for the death hat trick. Airwolf was only cool beacuse of the hair. FACT.
July 9, 201213 yr Airwolf was a supersonic stealth attack helicopter flown out of a secret base inside a mountain and you think the best part was the hair? For shame. I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight.
July 9, 201213 yr I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight. C'mon man, it had thrusters!
July 10, 201213 yr I really enjoyed watching Airwolf growing up. It's on Hulu if you want a flashback to 1986. What a kick-butt intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDsv-sZbulw&feature=related
July 10, 201213 yr From wiki: The flying Airwolf helicopter was actually a Bell 222, serial number 47085, sometimes unofficially called a Bell 222A.[2] During filming of the series, the helicopter was owned by Jetcopters, Inc. of Van Nuys, California.[3] The helicopter was eventually sold after the show ended and became an ambulance helicopter in Germany, where it crashed in a thunderstorm and was destroyed on June 6, 1992, killing all three crew members.[4] I stand by my hair claim. I mean.. just look at it :
July 10, 201213 yr While he played the Skipper on the 1960's TV show "McHale's Navy" in real life Gunner's Mate 1st Class Ernest Borgnine was a US Navy WWII Veteran serving from 1935-1945, during the war years aboard USS Lamberton (DD-119). Lamberton served in the Aleutian Campaign and then largely off of the West Coast. He spent a lot of time doing work with Veterans and was also the first person (and one of only roughly 70) to be named as an Honorary Blue Angel.
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