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one of my grandfather's flew in B-17's that bombed the ****

Posted on: May 8, 2024 at 09:37:24 CT

Fire Marshall Bill STL

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out of the German war machine

He smoked about five packs a day and died of cancer in 1980, a year before I was born

Edited by Fire Marshall Bill at 09:40:33 on 05/08/24

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calling ace, jg, rask, matty, etc......nm - tigertix MU - 5/8 09:24:47

nah- those first three are awful - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:31:41

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with the humidity he's real lucky he wasn't long ballin' it - lqf2b8 MU - 5/8 09:55:41

It was the lucky bullett - Tptiger MU - 5/8 10:11:47

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I figured if he lived through that - Tptiger MU - 5/8 12:40:33

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- 5/8 10:57:36

WOW(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:34:09

still had to march all over Europe for months - Joeboo MU

- 5/8 09:34:55

one of my grandfather's flew in B-17's that bombed the **** - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:37:24

my grandfather flew the hump. Can't imagine trying to - lqf2b8 MU - 5/8 10:00:31

My dad would be 100 years old. He was a B-24 bomber pilot - Uncle John MU

- 5/8 09:49:59

he was pretty darn young in WW2 then - Joeboo MU

- 5/8 10:01:04

Yup, he was and got out finished college in 48. Then - Uncle John MU

- 5/8 10:35:08

I have a grandpa that fought in WWI. three unlces in WW2. - SabertoothTiger MU - 5/8 10:06:40

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Like your mom's vagina. It was used everywhere and then - SabertoothTiger MU - 5/8 13:14:23

whoah(nm) - CulturedDan KC - 5/8 13:52:00

yep, mine was a pipe smoker. Lung cancer got him in 1990(nm) - Joeboo MU

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yup, it was a coin flip if you were gonna see the next day - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:36:02

Same with the pilots of those B-17s........nm - tigertix MU - 5/8 09:39:06

was he in the European front?(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:32:17

yeah, they're pretty much extinct - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/8 09:24:38