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OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/9/2019 8:29:49 PM

IdahoNYer

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/last-of-the-doolittle-raiders-dies-in-san-antonio/ar-BBVM2WP?ocid=spartandhp

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/9/2019 8:39:54 PM

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May they ALL rest in peace.

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/9/2019 9:24:44 PM

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RIP All of the raiders....GP

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/9/2019 9:35:38 PM

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I just saw this, I feel old.

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/9/2019 10:01:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: BillBrown

I just saw this, I feel old.

Your not the only one.

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/10/2019 12:58:08 AM

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God bless him and all the raiders. Found this interesting article (written a couple years ago). The story of the goblet tradition is pretty cool (at the bottom of the article).

https://www.history.com/news/one-final-toast-for-the-doolittle-raiders

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/10/2019 9:57:28 PM

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RIP

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/13/2019 11:25:59 AM

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I think I'm getting too old too. I can't seem to remember the commander's name....it was Jimmy something...

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/13/2019 4:45:02 PM

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I was saddened to hear this.

And then saddened again when I realized I was getting old.

I remember when I first realized I was getting old. I was a standby medic at a high school football game. Halfway through the game I discovered that I was checking out the moms in the stands rather than the cheerleaders. Then recently I went to a senior community to help a little old lady who had fallen and could not get up, and I suddenly realized I was old enough to live in the community!

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/13/2019 6:11:57 PM

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Alas, the whole generation will soon be gone.

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saddened again when I realized I was getting old

I'm not saddened by getting old. I hope to get much older. We all know what the alternative is....

Time will wait for none of us.

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RE: OT - Last Doolittle Raider passes away - 4/13/2019 6:12:43 PM

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