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2007-03-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Utah Vet Who Fought Back Against Japan Dies (Doolittle Raider Chase Nielsen)

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-03-28 01:58|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does not fit Lurid Crime Tales Though it is not a crime that our media is this incompetent, it is a damn shame.

Posted by Fester Jomons8988 2007-03-28 07:37|| 2007-03-28 07:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I met Col. Nielsen and the other surviving Raiders at their 2002 convention in Columbia SC, and I wish every RB'er could have been there. These guys - plus many of their widows, children, and the Chinese man who saved most of them - were treated like rock stars for the week they were here. Mind you, it didn't show up in any other news outlets.
One thing that struck me and everyone else there was how thoroughly modest and self-effacing they all were. Another was how each and every one of them, without exception, would look you dead in the eye and say, "If it had not been for Colonel Doolittle, we would not have made it." And the last thing was how every one of them would have gone right back out again today if they were asked. (Two of them confirmed a rumor I'd heard some time after Operation Desert Shield that General Doolittle had actually been brought in by the planning staffs to give his...shall we say, unique viewpoints on how to whack someone by surprise, and he in turn went to a couple of his Raiders. The resulting suggestions ended up incorporated in the final plan.)

Go with God, Colonel Nielsen. You'll be remembered..and missed.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-28 08:37|| 2007-03-28 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 We still have heroes in this country. We're going to need some more before we've sorted Islam out. In guys like Doolittle and Nielsen, there are some superlative role models for the new breed to follow.

Posted by Mac 2007-03-28 18:19|| 2007-03-28 18:19|| Front Page Top

#4 We still have heroes in this country. We're going to need some more before we've sorted Islam out. In guys like Doolittle and Nielsen, there are some superlative role models for the new breed to follow.

Posted by Mac 2007-03-28 18:20|| 2007-03-28 18:20|| Front Page Top

#5 We still have heroes in this country. We're going to need some more before we've sorted Islam out. In guys like Doolittle and Nielsen, there are some superlative role models for the new breed to follow.

Posted by Mac 2007-03-28 18:20|| 2007-03-28 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry about the triple post; "submit" button was hanging up.

Posted by Mac 2007-03-28 18:22|| 2007-03-28 18:22|| Front Page Top