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Mike Gladytch and the other Polish nationals flying Thunderbolts were far more eccentric than their U.S. counterparts...you see a bit of that in 'Battle of Britain'.
The Wingnut said:I wouldn't exactly call Hess a 'hero'. I'd call him a personality...a deranged one, at that.
Is anyone else getting tired with how easily people throw around the term 'hero'? Heros are people who do something truly heroic. Autie Murphy was a hero. Joe Foss was a hero. Guys like my grandpa, who was a B.A.R. gunner in the 69th infantry division, was just another honorable guy doing his job. He didn't do anything heroic.
Zemke Fan said:There is a guy (Kenneth Williams) from England (now living in New South Wales) that claims that he helped Bader with his tin legs in a hotel in Liverpool during the very period (May-June 1942) when Bader was in a German POW camp. He calls his saga "The Douglas Bader Enigma" and it is a very interesting read.
Check it out >> The Douglas Bader Enigma
Fletch said:Why do I think there's a lot less room for eccentricity in today's highly regimented war machine? I can't imagine the War On Terror tolerating such mavericks and kooks.
Biggles said:Got to be Orde Wingate....
GreyWolf said:Sorry but it's tripe. Bader didn't return to the UK until he'd been liberated from Colditz in 1945 - this story is just a lot of hot air and blather by someone who either got his leg very firmly pulled in 1942 or has just made it all up.
jake431 said:No list would be complete without Greg Boyington.