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Post by waratsea4 on Apr 6, 2019 2:56:02 GMT

Have you ever heard the expression the whole nine yards;;

Never knew myself, but i just found out on a show I watch;

The ammo belt on an Avenger was 750 rounds and its length was 27 feet!!

So when the Pilots took off the expression was give'm the whole nine yards.

Now don't you feel your life is complete!!!

Do you know any;

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waratsea4 Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 839	Trivia plus Apr 9, 2019 14:11:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by waratsea4 on Apr 9, 2019 14:11:27 GMT Johnny Carson during WW2 served on the USS Pennsylvania; winning 10 amateur boxing bouts mostly on board. Charles Bronson of Death Wish fame serves as an aerial gunner on a B-29; he was stationed on Guam and flew 25 missions.

curtm1911 Forumini Captain 1000 posts, Captain, cool. Thanks Forumini! Posts: 1,610	Trivia plus Apr 9, 2019 17:32:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by curtm1911 on Apr 9, 2019 17:32:12 GMT Lee Marvin was wounded in the behind on Saipan. James Stewart flew bombing missions over Europe during WW2. He remained in the Air Force, retiring as a Brigadier General. Charles Durning landed on Omaha Beach.

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Heard that about the last Doolittle Raider. May they all Rest in Peace. May they also have one hell of a reunion in heaven!
God Bless Them ALL! They are all Heroes!
Also, this on FOX Business, Stuart Varney. Audrey Hepburn aided the Dutch Resistance during WW2. She helped to get downed flyers to be returned to England. Her uncle was murdered by the Nazis for being involved with the Dutch Resistance, which drove her to participate in the anti Nazi movement. Good for her!

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Apr 6, 2019 2:56:02 GMT waratsea4 said:

Have you ever heard the expression the whole nine yards;;

Never knew myself, but i just found out on a show I watch;

The ammo belt on an Avenger was 750 rounds and its length was 27 feet!!

So when the Pilots took off the expression was give'm the whole nine yards.

Now don't you feel your life is complete!!!

Do you know any;

That's cool. I thought it was a lot older than that.

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curtm1911 Forumini Captain 1000 posts, Captain, cool. Thanks Forumini! Posts: 1,610	Trivia plus Apr 12, 2019 18:38:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by curtm1911 on Apr 12, 2019 18:38:08 GMT @waratsea, Would that show by chance be Gold Rush...when Parker went up in the Commemorative Air Force Avenger in Colorado? I saw that episode as well...pretty good show overall too.

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Apr 12, 2019 18:38:08 GMT curtm1911 said:

@waratsea,
Would that show by chance be Gold Rush...when Parker went up in the Commemorative Air Force Avenger in Colorado?
I saw that episode as well...pretty good show overall too.

Yes it was; i've followed the show for years; I did double check on line.

This week they have been in Rabaul searching some wrecks.

They found another Avenger reportedly the 3 man crew was lost.

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@waratsea,
I have also followed the show for years...back to when Parker first worked for his Grandfather at the Big Nugget Mine.
Then there was the Hoffmans...
It is a pretty good show. Tough work but there is Gold in them thar hills...in the Yukon anyways.

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