Blinky..it worked!! Thanks..Now, the reason I wanted to post my own thread..Today is 11 DECEMBER 2014..I enlisted in the AIR FORCE 64 years ago today 11 DECEMBER 1950...I went to the recruiting office and was waiting outside when they opened at 9 AM..I was sworn in at 11 AM and at 3 PM I was on a train headed for someplace called Texas...Lackland, then Sheppard at Wichita Falls, then Lowery, Denver then Randolph then Ent at Camp Carson Colorado Springs, then Forbes, Topeka KS then Lake Charles, LA then to Yokota ,then to Hunter, Savannah, then TDY to Sidi Slimane,North Africa, back to Hunter then discharged 22 October 1953. I gotta' tell you it was a real adventure and a ride I wouldn't trade for anything...Can you imagine you United States of America Taxpayers let me fly all over the world in one of your B-29 Air planes and paid me to do it...What a deal... It was a good day today..I sold a Xylophone on ebay for 500 bucks that I bought at an auction..That's a good day...G'nite all..Regards, JIM
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Thanks Jim for sharing. It was an pleasure to read how you viewed
and experienced your time during the war. Not many will concede
that it was a opportunity and something never to forget but you did
serve your country but can I ask please?
"did you do it as I read constantly over and over again how everyone
fought for the freedoms enjoyed today" I realize in battle you are
fighting not with anything in mind but your comrades and yourself.
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Happy anniversary Jim! I guess you must have been good at your job as a member of the lead crew since I don't see Greenland or Alaska listed here
All of that in three years.....what a ride. Several years ago I met an A-10 pilot who said "Can you believe they pay me to fly this thing? Suckers."
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Originally posted by Annelie View PostThanks Jim for sharing. It was an pleasure to read how you viewed
and experienced your time during the war. Not many will concede
that it was a opportunity and something never to forget but you did
serve your country but can I ask please?
"did you do it as I read constantly over and over again how everyone
fought for the freedoms enjoyed today" I realize in battle you are
fighting not with anything in mind but your comrades and yourself.
Trying to understand.Last edited by JIM PIBURN; 12-12-2014, 02:59 PM.
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Originally posted by blinky View PostHappy anniversary Jim! I guess you must have been good at your job as a member of the lead crew since I don't see Greenland or Alaska listed here
All of that in three years.....what a ride. Several years ago I met an A-10 pilot who said "Can you believe they pay me to fly this thing? Suckers."
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