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American Hero...
One of my heroes has passed away recently, General Robinson Risner USAF.
I can remember being at work one morning in the mid sixties and seeing a copy of Time Magazine on a chair. There was a picture of a Thunderchief pilot on the cover. I read the article and I've always loved the F105 and it's pilots ever since.. He wrote a book in later years called "The Passing Of The Night". Strangely enough some time after he was shot down and captured a fellow pilot James H. Kasler, also appeared in an article in Time, (which I also read!) and he too was shot down shortly afterwards... I'm pretty sure no more pilots gave interviews to Time Magazine after this... http://www.burrusspta.org/robinsonrisner.html From Craig Baker's fine site..... |
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