Posted on 05/05/2012 4:26:42 AM PDT by Daffynition
Wow!
I knew he was low, now lower then I ever thought!
‘Move over, honey, your President needs you.’
http://www.b-26mhs.org/archives/manuscripts/lbj_fake_silverstar.html
We need look no further than Lyndon Johnson’s diary. His entry for that day is laconic: “After we were off the field with Prell (sic) and Greer leading, Greer’s generator went out; crew begged him to go on. For next 30 minutes we flew on one generator.”6 No mention of combat, of enemy interceptors. LBJ’s “heroism” was fabricated from the start.
Further evidence comes from former Staff Sergeant Albert Tyree, a gunner in Marauder 1536. He states, “I remember the mission very well, and I recall seeing a B-26 fly out of formation and turn back . . . I know it wasn’t 1363 (1st Lieutenant Powell’s aircraft) because that had belly-landed just before we got back to Port Moresby. We didn’t get attacked until the Hecking Hare had turned around.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#War_record
Reports vary on what happened to the B-26 Marauder carrying Johnson. Lyndon Johnson said it was also attacked by Japanese fighters but survived, while others, including other members of the flight crew, claim it turned back because of generator trouble before reaching the objective and before encountering enemy aircraft and never came under fire, which is supported by official flight records.
Of course the MSM of the day glossed over this insignificant bit of information.
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