[old-chevy-truck] FW: Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid
Rec'd from a correspondent in mail group of heroes. Give a big Hoo-ah! to the US Navy and the Army Doolittle Crews for their raid. What courage, what uncommon bravery. Yet note the author's assertion: They simply did their job. Each of them felt that they were in the company of heroes, but not a hero themselves. This is a great read. It was a different time, though not necessarily a time of lesser danger than now. We simply responded to an attack on America by declaring total war on the perpetrators and their allies and pursued them until their capacity to make war was totally destroyed. We were a bold and great people then. Today about half the population acts like a pathetic bunch of PC-whimps! Compare Pre-revolutionary France [of the late 18th Century]: Now our Secretary of State acts like Talleyrand, our President acts like Louis XVI, his Wife acts like Marie Antoinette, and the Congress acts like the useless Estates General. The King dismissed Patriots like Lafayette who wanted to create a free France, but the collectivists, revolutionaries, and anarchists of the day had different ideas and brought mayhem and destruction. Ten years later Napoleon ruled France as a total dictator and roamed Europe trampling other nation states under foot almost at will. The aftermath of Napoleon's defeat created a vacuum, fertile ground for Karl Marx [1818-83] and his theories to take root. We have been fighting communism ever since. Read an unbiased history to discover what happened to all these folks... it is worth your time! But I digress Our pathetic, Left-dominated education system fails to tell the stories of these old warriors ... or for that matter, old warriors from Korea, Viet Nam, the Hot-Cold Wars of the 60s,70s 80s, GWI and GWII, and Afghanistan. Our children [some even well into their 50s] have absolutely no sense of the sacrifices it takes to keep us free, and have only known the good life. Is it any wonder that the country languishes in 10% unemployment, but won't take those measures that will turn this country back into the engine of freedom in the world. Fewer than 1/3 [like Steny Hoyer] of our Congress Members have ever served in the military. Very few of those who served are combat veterans. Men under 55 year of age were not subject to the draft. Fewer than 7%-10% of men [depending on age group] under 55 are veterans. This is a pathetic statement of willingness to support and defend the Constitution and our Republic. It would seem that most talk about giving back to our Country did not apply to military service. Compare this to the 70+% who served during the WWII, Korea, and Vietnam era. Draw your own conclusions about the future of America if the Progressives finish their agenda of social engineering in the USA. wrm _ Should be required reading for all Americans Great first-hand account of an important event in WWII history. Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid ~~~ For you historians, this is an interesting account of the Doolittle raid on the mainland of Japan in early WW ll. Enjoy! This is a really excellent firsthand account by the pilot of aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid off the Hornet in 1942. Take the time and enjoy a bit of history. _ _ My name is Edgar McElroy. My friends call me Mac. I was born and raised in Ennis , Texas the youngest of five children, son of Harry and Jennie McElroy. Folks say that I was the quiet one. We lived at609 North Dallas Street and attended the Presbyterian Church. My dad had an auto mechanic's shop downtown close to the main fire station. My family was a hard working bunch, and I was expected to work at dad's garage after school and on Saturdays, so I grew up in an atmosphere of machinery, oil and grease. Occasionally I would hear a lone plane fly over, and would run out in the street and strain my eyes against the sun to watch it. Someday, that would be me up there! I really like cars, and I was always busy on some project, and it wasn't long before I decided to build my very own Model-T out of spare parts. I got an engine from over here, a frame from over there, and wheels from someplace else, using only the good parts from old cars that were otherwise shot. It wasn't very pretty, but it was all mine. I enjoyed driving on the dirt roads around town and the feeling of freedom and speed. That car of mine could really go fast, 40 miles per hour! In high school I played football and tennis, and was good enough at football to receive an athletic scholarship from Trinity University in Waxahachie. I have to admit that sometimes I daydreamed in class, and often times I thought about flying my very own airplane and being up there in the clouds. That is when I even decided to take a correspondence course in aircraft engines. Whenever I got the
Re: [old-chevy-truck] FW: Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid
What the hell does this have to do with old trucks? --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Rob J jacobs...@gscwireless.net wrote: From: Rob J jacobs...@gscwireless.net Subject: [old-chevy-truck] FW: Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 9:11 PM Rec'd from a correspondent in mail group of heroes. Give a big Hoo-ah! to the US Navy and the Army Doolittle Crews for their raid. What courage, what uncommon bravery. Yet note the author's assertion: They simply did their job. Each of them felt that they were in the company of heroes, but not a hero themselves. This is a great read. It was a different time, though not necessarily a time of lesser danger than now. We simply responded to an attack on America by declaring total war on the perpetrators and their allies and pursued them until their capacity to make war was totally destroyed. We were a bold and great people then. Today about half the population acts like a pathetic bunch of PC-whimps! Compare Pre-revolutionary France [of the late 18th Century]: Now our Secretary of State acts like Talleyrand, our President acts like Louis XVI, his Wife acts like Marie Antoinette, and the Congress acts like the useless Estates General. The King dismissed Patriots like Lafayette who wanted to create a free France, but the collectivists, revolutionaries, and anarchists of the day had different ideas and brought mayhem and destruction. Ten years later Napoleon ruled France as a total dictator and roamed Europe trampling other nation states under foot almost at will. The aftermath of Napoleon's defeat created a vacuum, fertile ground for Karl Marx [1818-83] and his theories to take root. We have been fighting communism ever since. Read an unbiased history to discover what happened to all these folks... it is worth your time! But I digress Our pathetic, Left-dominated education system fails to tell the stories of these old warriors ... or for that matter, old warriors from Korea, Viet Nam, the Hot-Cold Wars of the 60s,70s 80s, GWI and GWII, and Afghanistan. Our children [some even well into their 50s] have absolutely no sense of the sacrifices it takes to keep us free, and have only known the good life. Is it any wonder that the country languishes in 10% unemployment, but won't take those measures that will turn this country back into the engine of freedom in the world. Fewer than 1/3 [like Steny Hoyer] of our Congress Members have ever served in the military. Very few of those who served are combat veterans. Men under 55 year of age were not subject to the draft. Fewer than 7%-10% of men [depending on age group] under 55 are veterans. This is a pathetic statement of willingness to support and defend the Constitution and our Republic. It would seem that most talk about giving back to our Country did not apply to military service. Compare this to the 70+% who served during the WWII, Korea, and Vietnam era. Draw your own conclusions about the future of America if the Progressives finish their agenda of social engineering in the USA. wrm _ Should be required reading for all Americans Great first-hand account of an important event in WWII history. Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid ~~~ For you historians, this is an interesting account of the Doolittle raid on the mainland of Japan in early WW ll. Enjoy! This is a really excellent firsthand account by the pilot of aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid off the Hornet in 1942. Take the time and enjoy a bit of history. _ _ My name is Edgar McElroy. My friends call me Mac. I was born and raised in Ennis , Texas the youngest of five children, son of Harry and Jennie McElroy. Folks say that I was the quiet one. We lived at 609 North Dallas Street and attended the Presbyterian Church. My dad had an auto mechanic's shop downtown close to the main fire station. My family was a hard working bunch, and I was expected to work at dad's garage after school and on Saturdays, so I grew up in an atmosphere of machinery, oil and grease. Occasionally I would hear a lone plane fly over, and would run out in the street and strain my eyes against the sun to watch it. Someday, that would be me up there! I really like cars, and I was always busy on some project, and it wasn't long before I decided to build my very own Model-T out of spare parts. I got an engine from over here, a frame from over there, and wheels from someplace else, using only the good parts from old cars that were otherwise shot. It wasn't very pretty, but it was all mine. I enjoyed driving on the dirt roads around town and the feeling of freedom and speed. That car of mine could really go fast, 40 miles per hour! In high school I played football and tennis, and was good enough at football to receive an athletic scholarship from Trinity
Re: [old-chevy-truck] FW: Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid
Thank you! You said it MUCH better and MUCH more POLITELY than I was about to. There is so much common ground, so much useful, factual, historical and purely joyful stuff to discuss on our chosen topic, OLD CHEVY TRUCKS, and so little time! Why muck things up with political jabber, which can easily be found on TV, on the Internet, or engaged in at any bar? jonas On Dec 4, 2010, at 7:27 PM, Ken Cluley wrote: What the hell does this have to do with old trucks? --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Rob J jacobs...@gscwireless.net wrote: From: Rob J jacobs...@gscwireless.net Subject: [old-chevy-truck] FW: Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 9:11 PM Rec'd from a correspondent in mail group of heroes. Give a big Hoo-ah! to the US Navy and the Army Doolittle Crews for their raid. What courage, what uncommon bravery. Yet note the author's assertion: They simply did their job. Each of them felt that they were in the company of heroes, but not a hero themselves. This is a great read. It was a different time, though not necessarily a time of lesser danger than now. We simply responded to an attack on America by declaring total war on the perpetrators and their allies and pursued them until their capacity to make war was totally destroyed. We were a bold and great people then. Today about half the population acts like a pathetic bunch of PC-whimps! Compare Pre-revolutionary France [of the late 18th Century]: Now our Secretary of State acts like Talleyrand, our President acts like Louis XVI, his Wife acts like Marie Antoinette, and the Congress acts like the useless Estates General. The King dismissed Patriots like Lafayette who wanted to create a free France, but the collectivists, revolutionaries, and anarchists of the day had different ideas and brought mayhem and destruction. Ten years later Napoleon ruled France as a total dictator and roamed Europe trampling other nation states under foot almost at will. The aftermath of Napoleon's defeat created a vacuum, fertile ground for Karl Marx [1818-83] and his theories to take root. We have been fighting communism ever since. Read an unbiased history to discover what happened to all these folks... it is worth your time! But I digress Our pathetic, Left-dominated education system fails to tell the stories of these old warriors ... or for that matter, old warriors from Korea, Viet Nam, the Hot-Cold Wars of the 60s,70s 80s, GWI and GWII, and Afghanistan. Our children [some even well into their 50s] have absolutely no sense of the sacrifices it takes to keep us free, and have only known the good life. Is it any wonder that the country languishes in 10% unemployment, but won't take those measures that will turn this country back into the engine of freedom in the world. Fewer than 1/3 [like Steny Hoyer] of our Congress Members have ever served in the military. Very few of those who served are combat veterans. Men under 55 year of age were not subject to the draft. Fewer than 7%-10% of men [depending on age group] under 55 are veterans. This is a pathetic statement of willingness to support and defend the Constitution and our Republic. It would seem that most talk about giving back to our Country did not apply to military service. Compare this to the 70+% who served during the WWII, Korea, and Vietnam era. Draw your own conclusions about the future of America if the Progressives finish their agenda of social engineering in the USA. wrm _ Should be required reading for all Americans Great first-hand account of an important event in WWII history. Aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid ~~~ For you historians, this is an interesting account of the Doolittle raid on the mainland of Japan in early WW ll. Enjoy! This is a really excellent firsthand account by the pilot of aircraft #13 on the Doolittle Raid off the Hornet in 1942. Take the time and enjoy a bit of history. _ _ My name is Edgar McElroy. My friends call me Mac. I was born and raised in Ennis , Texas the youngest of five children, son of Harry and Jennie McElroy. Folks say that I was the quiet one. We lived at609 North Dallas Street and attended the Presbyterian Church. My dad had an auto mechanic's shop downtown close to the main fire station. My family was a hard working bunch, and I was expected to work at dad's garage after school and on Saturdays, so I grew up in an atmosphere of machinery, oil and grease. Occasionally I would hear a lone plane fly over, and would run out in the street and strain my eyes against the sun to watch it. Someday, that would be me up there! I really like cars, and I was always busy on some project, and it wasn't long before I decided to build my very own Model-T out of spare parts. I got an engine from over here, a frame from over there, and wheels from
