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Originally Posted by I B Hankering
Ditto!
Fifty-nine combat missions in WWII F4U Corsairs -- "Whistling Death" -- in the Pacific War.
R.I.P. John Glenn.
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The F4U Corsair, the same aircraft that Greg " Pappy " Boyington and his band of misfits used to great success against the Japanese ! HEll of an aircraft ! ( Any one remember the Baa Baa Black Sheep T.V. show ? )
I know I'll probably get ripped for this, but here goes : I absolutely salute what he did as a (1): Marine Aviator, (2) Test Pilot, And ( 3) Astronaut. I have a problem with what he did as a Senator and muscling a ride on the space shuttle at 77 years old considering that he was against women participating in the space shuttle program. ( Wonder what shrilLIARy and the rest of the PC feminazis think of him being a Democrat now ! ) He was also one of the " Keating Five " Senators way back when.
Interesting anecdote about his military career, he set a coast-to-coast speed record in a F8-U Corsair and as he passed over his home town , hauling ass and setting off a sonic boom , a childhood neighbor ran to his house and yelled " Johnny dropped a bomb ! Johnny dropped a bomb ! Johnny dropped a bomb ! "
Like I said, I salute his work in the military and at NASA. As a Senator, not so much. But at least he wasn't a far left as those pricks and " axe gashes " , as assup the lyin liberal calls women, as are occupying a Senate seat a fugging the taxpayer at every turn now-a-days !
Godspeed John Glenn
