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> INTERESTING STORY ABOUT WW II and monopoly game
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>
Two stories worth a read.
> STORY
> NUMBER
> ONE
>
> Many years ago, Al Capone virtually
> owned Chicago . Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was
> notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged
> booze and prostitution to murder.
>
> Capone had a
> lawyer nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He
> was Capone's lawyer for a good
> reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal
> manoeuvring kept Big Al out of jail for a long
> time.
>
> To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well.
> Not only was the money
> big, but Eddie got special
> dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family
> occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of
>
> the
> conveniences of the day. The estate was so
> large that it filled an
> entire Chicago City
> block.
>
> Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and
> gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around
> him.
>
> Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had
> a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son
> had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was
> withheld.
> Price was no object.
>
> And, despite
> his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach
> him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better
> man than he was.
>
> Yet, with all his
> wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give
> his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good
> example.
>
> One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision.
> Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done.
>
> He
> decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about
> Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and
> offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this,
> he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew
> that the cost would be great. So, he
> testified.
>
> Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended
> in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But
> in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had
> to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay.
> Police removed from his
> pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a
> religious medallion, and a poem clipped
> from a magazine.
>
> The poem read:
>
> 'The clock of life
> is wound
> but once, and no man has the power
> to tell just
> when the hands will stop,
> at late or early hour.
>
> Now is the only time you own.
> Live, love, toil with a
> will.
> Place no faith in time, for
> the clock may soon be
> still.'
>
>
> STORY
> NUMBER
> TWO
>
>
> World War II produced many
> heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch
> O'Hare.
>
> He was a fighter pilot assigned to the
> aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.
>
> One day
> his entire squadron was sent on a mission.
> After he was airborne,
> he looked at
> his fuel gauge and realized that
> someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.
>
> He
> would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to
> his ship.
>
> His flight leader told him to
> return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and
> headed back to the fleet.
>
> As he was returning to
> the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood
> cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way
> toward
> the American fleet.
>
> The American fighters
> were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenceless. He
> couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save
> the fleet. Nor could he
> warn the fleet of the
> approaching danger. There was only one thing to do.
> He must
> somehow divert them from the fleet.
>
> Laying aside all thoughts
> of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese
> planes. Wing-mounted 50 calibres’ blazed as he charged in,
> attacking one surprised
> enemy plane and then another.
> Butch wove in and out of the now
> broken
> formation and
> fired at as many planes as possible until all his
> ammunition
> was finally spent.
>
> Undaunted, he
> continued the assault.. He dove at the planes, trying to
> clip a wing or tail in hopes of
> damaging as many enemy
> planes as possible, rendering them
> unfit to fly.
>
> Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off
> in another direction.
>
> Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare
> and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.
>
> Upon
> arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his
> return. The film from the
> gun-camera mounted on his
> plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring
> attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed
> five enemy aircraft.
>
> This took place
> on February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the
> Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the
> first Naval Aviator to win
> the Congressional Medal of
> Honor.
>
> A
> year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His
> home
> town would not allow the memory of this WW II
> hero to fade, and
> today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is
> named in tribute to the courage of
> this great
> man.
>
> So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare
> International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial
> displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's
> located between Terminals 1 and 2.
>
>
> SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH
> EACH
> OTHER?
>
>
> Butch O'Hare was
> 'Easy Eddie's' son.
>
>
>
>
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