Posted on 11/13/2013 6:51:44 AM PST by Ravnagora
He never stopped. It became his mission in life. For 55 years, over half a century, Major Richard L. Felman of the United States Air Force worked ceaselessly to do one thing: to repay a debt of gratitude...
As we in America just commemorated Veteran’s Day and are getting ready to celebrate our Thanksgiving, it is our turn to remember and say “Thank You” to a man that we who knew him will never forget. Writing these things is never easy, especially when you are trying to properly honor the life and work of someone you knew personally and liked very much and whose passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. But done it must be, and it is my hope that those reading this who never had the pleasure of meeting this fine man will come to know him and appreciate the tireless effort that reflects some of the best virtues of human character: Loyalty and Honor.
Richard L. Felman was born in the Bronx, in New York City, on May 29th, 1921. He was the son of David, an American, and Dora, a Jewish immigrant from Poland. He had one brother, Irwin, born six years earlier. At 21 Felman enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps on July 24, 1942 and became a master navigator. He would go on to fly combat tours in WWII and in Korea and would receive 27 awards and decorations over the course of his military career. In early 1944 he was assigned to the 415th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force stationed in Lecce, Italy as a Second Lieutenant. He would be flying B-24s, the "Liberator" bomber. His plane, "Never a Dull Moment," would live up to its name.
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The evidence is very well documented in the book, “The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II” by Gregory Freeman. This is clearly a case where this Nation turned its back on hero that believed in liberty.
Thanks for that amazing story!
Thank you for posting this.
May Richard Felman’s Memory be Eternal!
And let us never forget that bill clinton, hillary, and madeleine halfbright all declared war on these very Serbians during BJ’s second term.
We know who the real enemy was.
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