And thank you for your service.

And he was able to walk away from his aircraft after each flight.
He must have been an excellent pilot and had an angel on his wing.

them 2nd class citizens, or worse.

All I could think of was to shake his hand and tell him it was one of the most profound honors of my life to do so.

I wish I would have thought to tell him that my great-uncle Charlie was a gunner on a B-17. I wish Tuskegee had been escorting Charlie's bomber on his final mission. As it was, he was shot down and spent the last 113 days of WW2 in a PoW camp. It worked out ok, he made it home and married Aunt Rose 11 days after he got home. He wasn't one to let the grass grow under his feet.....

at my Uncle's house in Shreveport La, can't recall what his real name was because after hearing it
once all I heard the rest of the weekend was my Uncle & him calling each other Colonel.
A real fine gentleman and was easy to admire him.
My Uncle was a B24 pilot during WWII

Thank you for defending our country and setting an honorable example for many generations.

Forever grateful to you for your service.

Travel on, Colonel, with our grateful thanks.

What a lost, we knew it would happen but still, what a lost.

RIP, George, you are now with those other brave and unselfish men. I salute you, sir. Thank you.

Rest in Peace.

Truly the very definition of bravery and patriotism.

into the deep blue and beyond.

They never lost a bomber.

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Thank you, for your service. You are a true patriot.

What a bunch of guys.

George Hardy, this Navy vet salutes you.

Rest easy, George Hardy.