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Re: General Gunther Rall has passed away at the age of 91 years old.
Quite an extraordinary man...there's no doubt about it.
I never had the priviledge to meeting him but like a lot of guys here, I was immediately impressed by his presence when I did see him on tv and film....
But you can't knock 91 years...an incredible life lived to the full.....try not to mourn him...remember him and his generation..as we all should.
I think he's the best example of why wars are so utterly pointless.
He could just as easily have been on the other side...in the end, it doesn't really matter, does it....we're all human beings...
I was talking the other day to a gentleman that once knew the great New Zealand Air ace Johnnie checketts..and I said to him then, how sad it is that we often see the greatest in people and in the same instant the very worst.....
God speed, Herr Rall.
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