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....at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? This guy looks like a Jap.
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His great grandfather did.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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I think mine only flew Grand Prize beer bottles. The only pictures I’ve seen of him had those in the pictur.
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Great great?
I have a good friend whose father worked on the Zero line. He flew them but they would not allow him into combat due to his key position on the engineering side of things. It was a great disappointment for him. He was Samurai and his black belt was in sword fighting. Carried a few scars...
He credited Douglas MacArthur for his stance regarding the emperor and supported him. I guess MacArthur may have had a clue...
IIRC, MacArthur was instrumental in some degree bringing him to the US where he taught physics and worked as a nuclear physicist. Also won a Noble prize....probably would have made a pretty good combat pilot.
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"Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants". --- William Penn
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Mine never even learned to drive a car.
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He'd be Red Chinese if it wasn't for America. And now he wants to ruin it.
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True. But that is Julian Castro
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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My grandfather was shooting down zeros. Was also a Flying Tiger teaching chinks to shoot Japs.
Be Polite , Be Professional , but have a plan to kill everybody you meet -General James Mattis United States Marine Corps
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True. But that is Julian Castro Oops! Now I guess you are going to tell me the Cubans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor!
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True. But that is Julian Castro Yep. And his grandfather was prolly a WETBACK. 😡
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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True. But that is Julian Castro Oops! Now I guess you are going to tell me the Cubans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor! It was the Germans, you dummy, the Germans!!
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True. But that is Julian Castro Me and hoolio down by the schoolyard...
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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I think he's Irish. You know, the island worth so little the romans didn't bother with it.
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True. But that is Julian Castro Oops! Now I guess you are going to tell me the Cubans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor! It was the Germans, silly!
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They was all in cahoots!!!!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
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Great great?
I have a good friend whose father worked on the Zero line. He flew them but they would not allow him into combat due to his key position on the engineering side of things. It was a great disappointment for him. He was Samurai and his black belt was in sword fighting. Carried a few scars...
He credited Douglas MacArthur for his stance regarding the emperor and supported him. I guess MacArthur may have had a clue...
IIRC, MacArthur was instrumental in some degree bringing him to the US where he taught physics and worked as a nuclear physicist. Also won a Noble prize....probably would have made a pretty good combat pilot.
That's pretty cool.
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....at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? This guy looks like a Jap. Looks can be deceiving. What does a guy look like who thinks that taking items ostensibly left behind by the last guest in, say, a motel room, are up for grabs? Is he maybe a black crackhead? A Latino gangster? Not always... TomK: The widely accepted last true member of the 'samurai' class died in the1870s. So, while perhaps seen as 'samurai' in spirit, your buddy's dad was no samurai. Also, there is no 'belt' system/ranking associated with the art/sport of contemporary 'sword fighting'. There are achievement levels that are denoted in terms of 'dan', however. My wife's cousin, a female and long time member of Japan's defense force, is nationally ranked and holds the highest rank (8th dan) possible, which is very rare in general and much moreso for a female. Carry on.
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Waited for this....
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