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Donster
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posted 01-22-2003 05:29 PM     Profile for Donster   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Bill Mauldin Has Died

So sad. What great cartoons he made. S!

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Bismarck
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posted 01-22-2003 06:08 PM     Profile for Bismarck   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S! Read both his books. Remarkable.
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Old Guy
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posted 01-22-2003 10:52 PM     Profile for Old Guy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

Don't worry. Fifty years of GIs are waiting for him at the Gate.

J


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Gunny
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posted 01-22-2003 11:07 PM     Profile for Gunny     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Old Guy:
S!

Don't worry. Fifty years of GIs are waiting for him at the Gate.

J


Amen. S!

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Stag
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posted 01-23-2003 02:36 AM     Profile for Stag     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

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Canuck
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posted 01-23-2003 07:19 AM     Profile for Canuck     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

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Canuck

'SINE MENS, SINE DOLOR'

3430 posts before that dark day!!!
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cobraj
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posted 01-23-2003 07:48 AM     Profile for cobraj   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

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Rodger Bilko
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posted 01-23-2003 07:55 AM     Profile for Rodger Bilko   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

He did interviews on the British WW2 series World At War. What a man.

Rest in Peace Bill.


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Banger
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posted 01-23-2003 10:30 AM     Profile for Banger   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
S!

Saw a program on History Channel last week about Ernie Pyle, too. Nobody's ever covered American fighting men as well as those two gentlemen -- still the standard for combat journalism.

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