7-18-2014: Great Lakes Training

sexobon · 07-17-2014, 11:48 PM

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... Among the thousands of pilots who qualified in the USS SABLE was a then 20-year old Lieutenant, Junior Grade, future- President George H.W. Bush; depicted here later in the war, flanked by his two aircraft crew members. ... President Bush recalled his initial carrier qualification training experience: "I remember those Great Lakes flights very well in the open cockpit that winter. Coldest I ever was in my life." ...
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Griff · 07-18-2014, 05:28 AM

Hey! The good Bush, I remember that guy.

Cellar deja vu.

glatt · 07-18-2014, 07:53 AM

They were smart back then.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2014, 07:58 AM

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Hey! The good Bush, I remember that guy.

You mean the better Bush.

Most likely it's not, but sexobon's picture looks like the faces have been pasted on.

Must be the chin shadows.

Diaphone Jim · 07-19-2014, 12:27 PM

Bruce: Don't feel too bad about Pa George's face. His family comes with a second one on the other side.
I wonder if his crew in the picture were lucky enough to fly with him in the Pacific.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-19-2014, 10:38 PM

heh heh heh

07-18-2014, 05:28 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Hey! The good Bush, I remember that guy. Cellar deja vu. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-19-2014, 10:38 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	heh heh heh __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-18-2014, 07:53 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They were smart back then.

07-19-2014, 12:27 PM	#5
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Bruce: Don't feel too bad about Pa George's face. His family comes with a second one on the other side. I wonder if his crew in the picture were lucky enough to fly with him in the Pacific.

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