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1 posted on 10/08/2007 6:55:09 PM PDT by lunarbicep
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S.C. ping


2 posted on 10/08/2007 6:55:50 PM PDT by lunarbicep (Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
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Rest in peace. Prayers for his family.


3 posted on 10/08/2007 6:56:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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A man of great courage. May angels sing him home.


4 posted on 10/08/2007 6:57:04 PM PDT by trimom
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bttt


5 posted on 10/08/2007 7:00:09 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
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“A phone number for Herndon in Edgefield was unlisted.”

Otherwise, the reporter would no doubt have called the number in order to get Herndon’s comment on his own death?

Who writes this crap?


6 posted on 10/08/2007 7:01:12 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Newsreel of Doolittle raid carrier launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5D9OCYCas


7 posted on 10/08/2007 7:01:18 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (Che was a racist.)
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Farewell to a man with cajones de brasso.


8 posted on 10/08/2007 7:01:19 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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Nolan Herndon, one of America's finest.

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9 posted on 10/08/2007 7:01:49 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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Some background threads

The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Doolittle Raid (4/18/1942) - Apr. 18th, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/895648/posts

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles General “Jimmy” Doolittle - Mar 8th, 2004
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1092931/posts


13 posted on 10/08/2007 7:06:27 PM PDT by PAR35
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The Doolittle Raid will always be one of the “ballsiest” expressions of American willpower. May our country always keep this spirit !!!


14 posted on 10/08/2007 7:06:49 PM PDT by Obie Wan
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self ping


17 posted on 10/08/2007 7:10:18 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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God bless him and all his comrades.


18 posted on 10/08/2007 7:10:42 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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According to the website there are 12 crew members still alive. They have an annual reunion. When the final two survivors attend the reunion, there is a bottle of brandy that they are to share in memory of the comrades.


19 posted on 10/08/2007 7:12:02 PM PDT by StevieB
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South Carolina Ping

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20 posted on 10/08/2007 7:12:18 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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I’ve read several books on the Doolittle Raid. Truly one of the gutsiest raids in history.

RIP noble warrior.


21 posted on 10/08/2007 7:12:25 PM PDT by ought-six ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
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Great bunch of men.


22 posted on 10/08/2007 7:13:56 PM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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23 posted on 10/08/2007 7:14:43 PM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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Rest in peace, Nolan Herndon


24 posted on 10/08/2007 7:15:20 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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I wonder if Mr Herndon is in this pic somewhere:

Pic captioned "Orders in hand, Navy Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, skipper of the USS Hornet (CV-8) chats with Lt. Col. James Doolittle, leader of the Army Air Forces attack group. This group of fliers carried the battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a daring raid on military targets in major Japanese cities. It was the result of coordination between the two services. The USS Hornet carried the 16 North American B-25 bombers to within take-off distances of the Japanese Islands. (U.S.Navy photo)"

28 posted on 10/08/2007 7:24:16 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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I met a Doolittle Raider in 2005. I talked with him for about 25 minutes, and got a signed print of his unit insignia. It is signed R.E. Cole. It is a historical treasure to me.


31 posted on 10/08/2007 7:31:51 PM PDT by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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