A Wake Up Call From Luke AFB

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Gatt" said:
"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

LOL!

A friend of mine still carries the burn scars he got on the Forrestall.
Are you going to tell me he isn't a Vietnam veteran?

Not to mention all the A-4 drivers....

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology
which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil


No, why?

Al G

Recently, Al G posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written
apology which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?



No, why?

I find it difficult to understand that a Vietnam Vet would not know the
significance of a formation flyby, regardless of whether they knew of a
specific reason for it.

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology
which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil

Hey, Neil!

Ever heard of a dude by the name of John McCain?

He's running for president, ya know!

{Ignorance is bliss}

Recently, Matt Barrow posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written
apology which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil

Hey, Neil!

Ever heard of a dude by the name of John McCain?

He's running for president, ya know!

{Ignorance is bliss}

Hey Matt!!

What does that have to do with the question at hand: what Vet wouldn't
know the significance of a flyby formation???

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?


Um, no.

Vaughn

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?


Um, no.

Vaughn




How about that statement that one above that you snipped?

I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.


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Travis
Lake N3094P
PWK

Recently, Vaughn Simon posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?


Um, no.

That is only one of the two statements. See my original post, please.

Neil

On Jul 9, 3:58 pm, "Neil Gould" wrote:
Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp

There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology
which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil

No, absolutely none at all.

John

Neil Gould wrote:
Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology
which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil


Not at all. The first statement obviously is a referral to THIS SPECIFIC
flyby and indicates that the complainant was unaware that the flyby
involved a ceremony.
The second statement is a simple comment that indicates the complainant
was a veteran and had he known it was a cerimonial flyby would NOT have
written his letter.
I see no "sinister" indications here. I'm assuming you are referring to
a veteran having no idea what the significence of the flyby would be and
therefore suspect?
I don't see that at all.
Dudley Henriques