yes, but i thought that this ng would pay more attention to the
crossing of the german border by the western allies on 9-11-44.

Hmmm, when I saw "Other 9/11 anniversary" I thought it was a reference to the
Battle of the Brandywine.

There's a party trick based on the odds that if there are twenty
people in a room, two of them will share the same birthday. The same
of course is true of anniversaries. Still, for any American alive in
1941, there is only one December 7, and for any American alive in
2001, only one September 11.

One of my September rituals is to fly "around the mountains", a very
pretty trip. That's what I was doing on 9/11/01 when I was so rudely
interrupted www.warbirdforum.com/defcon.htm

I tried to finish the trip last September but the weather didn't
cooperate. Yesterday was just grand: sunny, no wind, just some mist in
the valleys that cleared off while I was refueling at Moultonborough
(where I got stuck two years ago).

The only sour note was when driving home I realized that the flags
were at half-staff. I didn't care for that. Crikey, it wasn't a
traffic accident! We didn't lower the flags on 12/7/43.

And those who died at Pearl Harbor, Clark Field, etc., didn't spend
the second anniversary filing lawsuits against Tojo, the Emperor,
Curtiss-Wright, and Mitsubishi.



all the best -- Dan Ford
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