Paul, That's an interesting fact for Veteran's Day. I know the bomber crews suffered massive losses early in the war, but more than the Marines! Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > The Military History Channel has been running a series called World War II > in HD. I've just been watching the episode on the role of the Eighth Air > Force, including the reflections from four men who served, one of whom was a > bombardier. From 1943 through VE day over 26,000 men in the Eighth died - > more than the Marine Corps lost in the entire war. > > -p > > On 11/11/2010 2:45 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:28 PM, eckinator wrote: >> >>> pretty claustrophobic and yet a pretty sight >> >> My reaction is probably conditioned by my relationship to my father, which >> was not very good, and by what I've been learning about the use of heavy >> bombers during the war, especially about the roll of bombardiers. It was >> initially and remains an emotional one. My father never talked about his >> experience. I guess I think I see something of it in the look on that guy's >> face, as much as you can see of it. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
