My grandpa was a waist gunner. He never talked about it with his wife, kids, or

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Jun 26, 2024
5:13:55pm

Countcougula All-American

grandkids. I'm sure he had PTSD.

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Countcougula

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Watching Masters of the Air part 5. Rough episode.

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

Jun 26, 4:21pm

Which streaming service is this available with?

Flippy

Jun 26, 4:27pm

AppleTV+. And a series worth the subscription.

Tokolosh

Jun 26, 4:28pm

I’ll give it a whirl. Thanks

Flippy

Jun 26, 4:30pm

While you're subscribing, watch Ted Lasso, Severance, Schmigadoon, Trying, and a few other great shows on there.

jacobugath

Jun 26, 4:31pm

Pretty good series. It was a tough watch. Rosie was a true American hero, as were many others depicted on the show.

Texas Hammer

Jun 26, 4:29pm

When he re-upped after 25 missions, I got a lump in my throat

Carnac

Jun 26, 4:36pm

I didn’t realize he was a real person until after that episode, and was in awe after I read about him.

Texas Hammer

Jun 26, 4:43pm

My neighbor flew 35 missions over Germany as a B17 pilot. He would never talk about the experience.........

Bonoman

Jun 26, 4:46pm

Unfortunately we have gotten proverbially "fat, lazy, and complacent".

Brisket

Jun 26, 4:48pm

and downright spoiled and in many cases undeserving

icecougar

Jun 26, 4:56pm

Last year we were at the WWII museum in New Orleans and vet was there talking to people about his experiences on a B17.

Texas Hammer

Jun 26, 4:57pm

my Dad trained as a bombadier on a B-17 but the war ended before he and his..

icecougar

Jun 26, 5:01pm

My grandpa was a waist gunner. He never talked about it with his wife, kids, or

Countcougula

Jun 26, 5:13pm

My Grandfather was a radio operator on B-24s out of Italy, got shot down on 3rd

morningcalmcougar

Jun 27, 10:37am

Gave me a heightened appreciation of my dad’s service as a B-17 pilot.

Florwood

Jun 26, 5:44pm

Game changer - P51 Mustang

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