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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:01:11 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Bill Buckley will no more stand athwart the liberal tide, shouting "Stop!" We here at the Castle join our friends at National Review in mourning his passing. But his legacy lives on, the Torch passed to many thousands who follow and lead the fight. Therefore, now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam. for William F. Buckley, Jr.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:33:37 -0600 Hard to believe. I thought he'd live forever. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70141 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70141 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:41:30 -0600 I've never read a biography of him, and my source (I thought) was impeccable. Corrected. And thank you for the correction! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70136 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70136 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:06:10 -0600 JohnW beat me to it. WFB , according to the NYT obit, was in the Army '44 to '46. Said he "...managed to reach Second Lieutenant...". I can see it now, 2LT Buckley delivering a BUB or similar briefing in the manner of the cartoon from the other day. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70133 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70133 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:01:49 -0600 From wikipedia: Buckley attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico (or UNAM) in 1943 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army the following year. In his book, Miles Gone By, he briefly recounts being a member of Franklin Roosevelt's honor guard when the president died. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70132 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/a_lion_of_the_m.html#comment-70132 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:20:37 -0600