O.K. Art, fess up- you were Kilroy, too, weren't you?

Steve Swartz

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: Any fliers?
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 5/25/04 10:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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On 25 May 2004 16:38:10 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

I have never yet read a war novel that gives you the real freeling of
having
been there. Not one.If the pages don't smell of cordite and hydraulic
fluid,
then it ain't real.


Arthur Kramer

Gotta say that Catch-22 rang a lot of bells with me. And, if you want
cordite and hydraulics, The War Lover, by John Hersey, is a good one.
And, despite his politics (although Art will find himself in Mailer's
corner), The Naked and the Dead is pretty compelling.

There are a lot of good war novels. The problem is there is also an
overwhelming preponderence of drek.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8


I tried to be tactful as is my wont. But I just mentioned cordite and
hydraulic fluid to protect the sensibilities of the squeamish. Actually
the
most overwhelming stench when you climb into a war weary WW II bomber is
that
of urine and vomit. But I agree Catch 22. I "listened" while Joe wrote
it.
For further details go to my website and read " The Birth of the
Catches.It is
an eyewitness report on how Catch 22 was born.




Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer