^^^^^is Cool ^^^^^^^^^^

jaydub58 said:

For a quite short, and extremely scary anecdote about him, read James Brady's 
Fly Boys.  It's about the US Navy's assault on the island of Chi Chi Jima.
41 was a Naval pilot in that one.

A must read. An amazing insight into the brutal war in the Pacific.

Amazing husband, father, and President.  I was young when he served as President.  Reading about him now, wow, he was a true American hero and patriot.

Reading about his love of family and his daughter Robin was very emotional and eye opening.

lousubcap said:

An interview describing when he was shot-down: Very much worth your time.

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/01/george-h-w-bush-naval-institute-interview?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=0d26d2472e-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-0d26d2472e-230648085&mc_cid=0d26d2472e&mc_eid=da66ed6ca4 

Thank you.

SEN Simpson was great too.  I couldn’t watch much of 43’s speech.  Fahkin’ work. 

DoubleEgger said:

43 did a phenomenal job 

Absolutely Wonderful 

In was stationed on board USS Iwo Jima for the first part of my naval career. In 04 or 05 we were in Portland, ME for a Fleet Week. One of the days we were there, they shut down the Quarterdeck while I was trying to get off the ship. I was kinda p!ssed. After a short wait, I heard 41 being piped on board in naval tradition. 
The man drove his personal boat to the dock, moored it right behind the ship and came on board.
I found out shortly after that the SS let the Officer of the Deck know of 41's arrival about 10 minutes before hand.

Just watched some of the Bush train videos. That’s pretty awesome. Very cool train. A great way for people to gather along the tracks to pay respect. 

DMW said:

BGEChicago said:

DoubleEgger said:

Just watched some of the Bush train videos. That’s pretty awesome. Very cool train. A great way for people to gather along the tracks to pay respect. 

I'm kind of curious about the train, very cool indeed. Is the train a tradition or is it specif to H.W.? If so why?   

Google better.

Hey pal, just trying to contribute. I honestly think it's really awesome that America does things like this and wanted to comment. Thank you for your in depth criticism, so deep and profound!  I'll assume this message you sent so late last night was the booze talking, your really can't be this much of an internet troll / A-hole can you? 

DMW

• DMW December 6

  You aren't very smart, are you?

Gotta say, I could probably google the answer to every question I've posted on this forum, but that loses any social interaction and is like computer dating instead of going to a party.
Just sayin'.