We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:20:35 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification When I’d been map-briefed on the area I was scheduled to spray that morning, something small, cold and prickly settled between my shoulder blades and started to dig. I’d flown over the overgrown paddies and double-canopy woods at least fifty times, and always above 1,500 feet. It never ceased to amaze me that there were so many well-used trails in the middle of a Free Fire Zone, even though it was Tay Do Two battalion’s home turf. I didn’t like the idea of flying through the area at treetop-level. I didn’t like the idea of flying through the area at... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:25:33 -0600 ...jeez, you're almost as bad as Prince Valiant and Brenda Starr! I thought Prince Valiant was a *good* guy. And my eyes may be *gaw*-juss, but they don't go all twinky-winky, like Mlle. Starr's do... The F4U jocks from WWII dunno wether to shirt or go blind.... Hah! Dad flew F4Us off Guadalcanal and Okie -- VMF 215's squadron patch *was* a Whistling Death riding a Corsair. Whistling Death, Muttering Death -- gotta give 'em points for they being *poetic* li'l bassetts...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56979 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56979 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:42:00 -0600 *Muttering Death* ?!! Oh Chief, yer killing me here! The F4U jocks from WWII dunno wether to shirt or go blind.... ...and c'mon with Chapter the Fourth already, sheesh!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56975 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56975 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:30:55 -0600 Ok... I was laughing out loud from the "WEED Comment... Now, I can't type for $h*t from the "shot himself down" comment.... Sometimes the punch line is the best... and the V29 anecdote too. Ahhhhh, that's the Army I remember.... But c'mon with the story, jeez, you're almost as bad as Prince Valiant and Brenda Starr! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56969 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56969 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:06:11 -0600 And don't forget the time Baby-San shot *himself* down... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56965 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56965 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:28:26 -0600 "did ze pilotz lizten to Valkyrie muzik whilst executing Herbst Nebel?" Nope, but the rat-a-tat from AK47s and other small arms, kept us entertained. I hated defoliation missions, low, slow and a big fat target wasn't my idea fun. Seldom did the spray ship escape without taking fire. One incident was funny after the fact, for sure. We had been taking turns in this one AO over the course of a week, each time taking fire. Copperhead 36, in his cape and Cmodel gunship, decides to tag along on one of the missions to "protect" the spray ship. In the midst of the run V17 calls, "taking fire". C36, forgetting how low and slow the spray ship was punches off a pair, under him. We don't know if he got any bad guys, but we do know V17 gained altitude without pulling pitch and sustained a lot of damage to the ass end of his ship. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56947 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56947 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:17:03 -0600 did ze pilotz lizten to Valkyrie muzik whilst executing Herbst Nebel? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56940 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56940 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:27:14 -0600 (Snort) I think I went to college with your door gunner's son. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56933 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/and_prequel_is.html#comment-56933 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:43:59 -0600