"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

What endeared Douglas to me had nothing to do with his heroics in the air,
which were considerable to say the least. Many don't know this about him
because he did it quietly, but Douglas was singularly responsible for
bettering the lives of countless severely handicapped children and adults;
people with whom he spent untold hours of his time helping through his
unending wit and dominating personality. I can't even begin to count the
lives he changed by stumping into a paraplegic ward somewhere or anywhere,
then jumping up on a table and dancing on his tin legs!
He turned despair into hope. Then he stuck around and turned hope into
reality for these people.

Interesting bit there about Bader (I've always had enormous respect
for Shriners and Masons who give out free prosthesis to handicapped
children and adults).

I don't know if he coined it or not and feel free to correct me if I'm
wrong, but one of the things about Bader I like was his saying,
"illigitimi non carborundum" (e.g: don't let the *******s grind ya'
down).