Posted by DonInOz (other posts) on February 05, 2014 at 01:58:43 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Before and After posted by Nuttidave on February 04, 2014 at 17:22:37:
Early in my time in the USAF, I was listening to a speaker who had been an enlisted guy in the Air Force during Vietnam. (It was actually Adrian Cronauer, the guy who wrote 'Good Morning, Vietnam' based on his own experiences.) He explained to the audience why he'd chosen the Air Force; he liked the idea of saluting the officers while the latter went off to battle (ie, the aircrews). I was sitting at the head table. I said in a low voice: "I never thought of that." The Command Chief, sitting next to me, responded: "We did...sir."
Not to poke fun at the idea of making the Ultimate Sacrifice, but I just thought of the incident and it made me smile.
Don