RIP George Herbert Walker Bush

BMW F22 · 12-01-2018, 12:56 AM

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P1 · 12-01-2018, 01:30 AM

Sad day...

Kyngofpop · 12-01-2018, 01:36 AM

RIP

Grumpy Old Man · 12-01-2018, 02:15 AM

A real gentleman

Red Bread · 12-01-2018, 10:09 AM

RIP 41.

UncleWede · 12-03-2018, 03:18 PM

At my house I can't actually lower the flag, so I have to tilt down the whole pole.

RIP, sir.

MrRoboto · 12-03-2018, 03:22 PM

Interesting fact. He almost fought for Canada in WW2.

Run Silent · 12-03-2018, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRoboto

Interesting fact. He almost fought for Canada in WW2.

So did my father, he was too young to enlist in the USA, Canada would take you if you were younger. By the time he arrived to Canada, they were no longer taking Americans, so he went back to the USA. Took him so long to get home that he was then old enough to enlist. Was in the Army Air Corps.

MrRoboto · 12-03-2018, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by usshelena725

So did my father, he was too young to enlist in the USA, Canada would take you if you were younger. By the time he arrived to Canada, they were no longer taking Americans, so he went back to the USA. Took him so long to get home that he was then old enough to enlist. Was in the Army Air Corps.

The way I understand it, Bush was enlisted in the US army but as we know the US didn't join WW2 formally until after Pearl Harbour. George wanted to get in the fight early.

I think there were ~9000 American soldiers that fought for Canada in WW2.

Run Silent · 12-03-2018, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRoboto

The way I understand it, Bush was enlisted in the US army but as we know the US didn't join WW2 formally until after Pearl Harbour. George wanted to get in the fight early.

I think there were ~9000 American soldiers that fought for Canada in WW2.

I think that is about accurate, yes. My father enlisted late on, ended up on B29's in the Army Air Core, but the war was officially over by the time he made it to Europe.

MrRoboto · 12-03-2018, 07:30 PM

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I think that is about accurate, yes. My father enlisted late on, ended up on B29's in the Army Air Core, but the war was officially over by the time he made it to Europe.

Did your dad ever see combat in the B29? He must have (had) some stories.

kscarrol · 12-03-2018, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by usshelena725

I think that is about accurate, yes. My father enlisted late on, ended up on B29's in the Army Air Core, but the war was officially over by the time he made it to Europe.

Love the autocorrect!!

Can only imagine what your father and other veterans witnessed...

Run Silent · 12-04-2018, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kscarrol

Love the autocorrect!!

Can only imagine what your father and other veterans witnessed...

Yeah, sorry - "Corps"

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Did your dad ever see combat in the B29? He must have (had) some stories.

He didn't - he arrived after the war was officially over. He spent most of his time flying over Belgium on "show of force" patrols. He was the nose gunner and told me stories of them trying to fly off the fields mowed out for B-17's, which weren't really long enough. Said all the B-29's had all the paint scraped off the bottom of the fuselage due to trimming the trees on take-off.

tebbnsx · 12-04-2018, 09:48 AM

Sad day for MERICA!

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