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Lt. Col. Dick Cole last Doolittle Raider Passes
https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20...-passes-at-103
There is a meme that gets posted around here sometime of a guy who carries his balls around in a wheelbarrow. These Doolittle Raiders were the real deal. These brave heroes had huge balls that would take a D9 caterpillar to carry around. Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole was James Doolittles Co-Pilot to Crew#1 the first badasses off the boat. Every last one of these 80 volunteers knew its was most likely death by fiery crash when fuel ran out or death by a Japanese sword. It was never a roundtrip flight yet still they volunteered. These were real badasses true American heros. RIP Dick Cole your mission has ended heaven needs a co-pilot. |
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RIP Dick
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They had to use a special casket to fit his enormous balls.
RIP badass MOFO. |
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RIP TO A REAL MAN!
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Rest in Peace Colonel. God Bless You.
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Godspeed, The Greatest Generation!
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Which one of these guys was he?
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Not only did this badass mother****er fly with Doolittle, but 4 months after he got out of China he was back to kicking some ass in the China, Burma, India theater. (Same area my dad, RIP, served as a combat engineer)
RIP
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Target Tokyo: The Doolittle Raid is a great book for a his mission that took balls of steel and it was absolutely daring to pull off. I'm surprised the mission was approved as crazy as it was. Salute to all these men.
Different times then for sure. |
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Was his final wish to have his ashes spread over Tokyo by a B-25?
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Dick Cole.....A TRUE Hero and Great American.
RIP
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Very cool. Respect.
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Very saddened by this news, this group represented and embodied the courage, bravery, and heroics of all Americans who fought in the war. While I knew very little about Dick Cole himself, I was fortunate enough to grow up 2 doors down in San Antonio from Richard Knoblach, another member of Dolittles Raid. Richard Knoblach passed in 2001 about a month before 9/11. I will always be grateful for the times that he welcomed ~10 year old me into his house to show me his medals and memorabilia while recounting some of his incredible stories from the war. I may not have fully appreciated what Knoblach meant to America and my freedom at the time, but I am so blessed that I had the opportunity to know such a hero.
To all of the vets on this board, thank you for your service and sacrifice. Wreck Em’! |
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