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#1
October 8th 03, 08:09 PM
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Congress promotes Billy Mitchell to Major General
Fat lot of good it does him now...
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#2
October 10th 03, 06:14 AM
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"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message ... Fat lot of good it does him now... I thought he _was_ a Major General. -Ugly Bob
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#3
October 10th 03, 11:00 PM
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"Ugly Bob" wrote in message ...
"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message ... Fat lot of good it does him now... I thought he _was_ a Major General. A major general, to be sure, but not a Major General... remember the court martial (it probably dropped him a few ranks)?
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#4
October 11th 03, 07:48 PM
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"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message om... "Ugly Bob" wrote in message ... "Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message ... Fat lot of good it does him now... I thought he _was_ a Major General. A major general, to be sure, but not a Major General... remember the court martial (it probably dropped him a few ranks)? I remember seeing a portrait of him ages ago (I think this was the one) http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/billypor.jpg Oops, one star (say, you don't think that this guy was decorated at all, do you). -Ugly Bob
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#5
October 11th 03, 08:04 PM
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His decendants will probably want to collect back-pay with
interest. Major General... Give me a break, what a joke. Why not give him an honorary PhD while they're at it?
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#6
October 12th 03, 02:31 AM
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:04:02 GMT, "Gene Storey" wrote
in Message-Id: : Major General... Give me a break, what a joke. Why not give him an honorary PhD while they're at it? Wasn't Billy Mitchell the fellow who first demonstrated that aircraft were capable of sinking battleships? I'd say that was a significant contribution to the art of warfare. -- Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts. -- Larry Dighera,
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#7
October 13th 03, 12:08 AM
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