Wartime Thanksgiving
Wartime Thanksgiving
How did you celebrate Thanksgiving during the war?
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To err is human; to forgive is not SAC policy.
“This is Raven 2-5. This is my sandbox. You will not drop, acknowledge.” David Flanagan, former Raven FAC
Re: Wartime Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving '85: Trying not to get shot by gang-bangers in Boyle Heights
Thanksgiving '86: Trying to not get shot by WARPAC troops in New Mexico
Thanksgiving '87: Trying to not get shot by those idiots in D/1/28 ,(long story)
Thanksgiving '88: Nobody was shooting at us, MRE Chicken a la King.
Thanksgiving '89: I must have stared at my tray for ten minutes. First "real" Thanksgiving meal since my sister hosted me and Roberta at her place in 1984.
Thanksgiving '86: Trying to not get shot by WARPAC troops in New Mexico
Thanksgiving '87: Trying to not get shot by those idiots in D/1/28 ,(long story)
Thanksgiving '88: Nobody was shooting at us, MRE Chicken a la King.
Thanksgiving '89: I must have stared at my tray for ten minutes. First "real" Thanksgiving meal since my sister hosted me and Roberta at her place in 1984.
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Re: Wartime Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving in '85: Giving thanks I was still alive when a good many squadron friends were not.
Thanksgiving in '86: Thankful I had come out of the mountains earlier in the year.
Thanksgiving in '87: Thankful I was somewhere other than Williams, and back in Texas.
Thanksgiving in '88: Thankful I was still running the 335th, and glad to be closer to the Rio Grande
Thanksgiving in '89: Thankful to be back in California, even if the Armistice Flu was going around and flying into Baja just burning gas on CAP.
Thanksgiving in '90: Glad it was all finally over, and back at home station.
Thanksgiving in '86: Thankful I had come out of the mountains earlier in the year.
Thanksgiving in '87: Thankful I was somewhere other than Williams, and back in Texas.
Thanksgiving in '88: Thankful I was still running the 335th, and glad to be closer to the Rio Grande
Thanksgiving in '89: Thankful to be back in California, even if the Armistice Flu was going around and flying into Baja just burning gas on CAP.
Thanksgiving in '90: Glad it was all finally over, and back at home station.
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War is bringing hell down on that someone.