tired of all the celebrity deification?...a REAL HERO recently passed away

[gardenweasel]

CLACKAMAS (AP) ? "Retired Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser, called the most decorated Marine aviator in history and was shot down in three wars, has died at age 89.

Reusser flew 253 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was shot down in all three, five times in all.

His 59 medals included two Navy Crosses, four Purple Hearts and two Legions of Merit."

now theres an american worthy of being mourned by fellow citizens...

r.i.p. col. reusser...

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

Maybe we should move this to general right next to your posts celebrating Michael Jackson.

 

[gardenweasel]

Maybe we should move this to general right next to your posts celebrating Michael Jackson.

celebrating?....hardly...commentary?...absolutely...

i doubt that you can convince the mods to strike this post....try calling 9/11....

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

You had your MJ post out about 2 minutes after the news first broke. You must have been really proud.

And . . . and I'm only gonna say this once, you make another personal attack on me, and I'm not going to have Jack move posts to the dumpster, I'm gonna have Jack ban your paranoid ass . . . it's happened before, so don't test me.

***poof***

 

[The Sponge]

You had your MJ post out about 2 minutes after the news first broke. You must have been really proud.

And . . . and I'm only gonna say this once, you make another personal attack on me, and I'm not going to have Jack move posts to the dumpster, I'm gonna have Jack ban your paranoid ass . . . it's happened before, so don't test me.

***poof***

Great, now he is gonna be even more paranoid

 

[Woodson]

Great, now he is gonna be even more paranoid

:mj07:

 

[smurphy]

You had your MJ post out about 2 minutes after the news first broke. You must have been really proud.

And . . . and I'm only gonna say this once, you make another personal attack on me, and I'm not going to have Jack move posts to the dumpster, I'm gonna have Jack ban your paranoid ass . . . it's happened before, so don't test me.

***poof***

Be careful. Gardenweasel will probably kill us all one day. You know it's going to happen. He knows way more about us than we know about him.

My only hope is to be like that friend of the Columbine killers who was told by them to stay home that day. You want to be on his good side the day he snaps.

 

[gardenweasel]

You had your MJ post out about 2 minutes after the news first broke. You must have been really proud.

And . . . and I'm only gonna say this once, you make another personal attack on me, and I'm not going to have Jack move posts to the dumpster, I'm gonna have Jack ban your paranoid ass . . . it's happened before, so don't test me.

***poof***

seems like i`m always starting shit with bobby.....he follows me around like a little dog, snarks me in the innocuous thread i start about an american hero(american heros really bug leftwing chicago metrosexuals),then throws a hissy when i actually have the nerve to respond(pretty benignly,actually)....

high strung,i guess.....:lol:

 

[SixFive]

seems like i`m always starting shit with bobby.....he follows me around like a little dog, snarks me in the innocuous thread i start about an american hero(american heros really bug leftwing chicago metrosexuals),then throws a hissy when i actually have the nerve to respond(pretty benignly,actually)....

high strung,i guess.....:lol:

u still coming to Belterra, weasel?

 

[layinwood]

GW, was he referring to something you said in this thread?

 

[gardenweasel]

u still coming to Belterra, weasel?

if i do,you have my back,6`5"?...

 

[Jabberwocky]

if you show up gw, 6'5 and I will definitely protect you against Matt.

 

[gardenweasel]

if you show up gw, 6'5 and I will definitely protect you against Matt.

:lol: thanks brother...i think i`m suffering from a "futile hysterical laughter control" hernia after seeing vinnie`s "kosar moonwalk" video in general....

lord that was funny.....good thing kosar`s a good sport...:grins:

 

[luvmy$$$]

Back to the post....
253 combat missions is unbelievable, 253 in that era is frikin unreal. To put your arss on the line in a prop engine would definately make you a manly man. Too bad congress could'nt give a moment of silence to this great man instead of MJ. :shrug:
I hope one of those history buffs were able to sit with this man and record his thoughts and views. I'm sure it would make an interesting history channel episode.:0corn

 

[kosar]

if you show up gw, 6'5 and I will definitely protect you against Matt.

With the moose and wocky at my side, I cant possiblby be harmed. Well, unless it's a 100lb one-armed girl.

The moose was right next to me when she clocked me in the sternum and he didn't do shit! lol

 

[saint]

Pretty badass guy-

Korean War

On 5 August 1950, Major Kenneth L. Reusser became the first Marine aviator, and for that matter the first Marine, to be decorated for gallantry during the Korean War.

Flying from the aircraft carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), Maj Reusser led a four-plane flight of Vought F4U Corsairs from Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 214, the "Black Sheep," in a low-level attack. They savaged a North Korean truck park and tank repair facility in the occupied port city of Inchon.

With his aircraft heavily damaged by ground fire, he returned to the Sicily for repairs and rearmament, then made his way back to Inchon. In the face of fierce ground fire, he destroyed an oil storage facility. With his bombs and rockets expended, Maj Reusser next attacked a camouflaged oil tanker at anchor in the harbor, raking it with 20 mm gunfire until the ship exploded, almost blowing him out of the air. For his actions Reusser was awarded for the second time in his career the naval service's second highest award for gallantry, the Navy Cross.

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

CLACKAMAS (AP) ? "Retired Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser, called the most decorated Marine aviator in history and was shot down in three wars, has died at age 89.

Reusser flew 253 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was shot down in all three, five times in all.

His 59 medals included two Navy Crosses, four Purple Hearts and two Legions of Merit."

now theres an american worthy of being mourned by fellow citizens...

r.i.p. col. reusser...

RIP. I have the most respect for people who do serve this country. Even though our government doesn't deserve soldiers like these.

 

[The Sponge]

I always enjoy when a neo-con types one of these type of posts when in fact for this soldier this type of neo-con is nothing more then a cancer to this soldier and his family.

 

[gardenweasel]

I always enjoy when a neo-con types one of these type of posts when in fact for this soldier this type of neo-con is nothing more then a cancer to this soldier and his family.

well,if i waited for someone of your(or trampled`s) ilk to pay homage to a military hero,spongy,hell would freeze over before it happened..

 

[The Sponge]

well,if i waited for someone of your(or trampled`s) ilk to pay homage to a military hero,spongy,hell would freeze over before it happened..

Your phony sympathy doesn't fool many in here. LIke i said a guy like u is nothing but a cancer to people in the military and their families. Your chest pounding during the Iraq war has shown that. To me u are basically as pathetic as a guy like Larry Craig. He fights against gay rights but he is gay. Same type of situation here with you.