On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:17:23 GMT, Otis Willie
wrote:

Retired military pilot was born to fly

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/n...m1m17tfvc.html

{EXCERPT} San Diego Union Tribune, CA as an Army Air Corps bomber
pilot during World War II, Hudson voluntarily went back into the
military to fight in the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War......

Seems like the Sandy Eggo UT made a few minor mistakes in their
retelling. According to the AF biography at
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5871 he got 36, not 39 missions
in WW II, 9 missions in Korea and served at 7th AF Hq in Saigon during
his Vietnam experience.

No mention of a Purple Heart, so the "shot down several times" during
WW II doesn't seem likely.

Clearly the guy spent a lot of time in service to his country.


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