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  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    RIP Mr. Bush. What a brutal month it has been in losses.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    SEPTEMBER 2 - THE YOUNGEST PILOT IN THE NAVY
    ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1944. George Herbert Walker Bush, the youngest pilot then serving in the U.S. Navy, climbed into a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, catapulted off the deck of the carrier San Jacinto, and headed toward Chichi Jima, a Japanese island 600 miles south of Tokyo. With him rode two crewmen, radioman Jack Delaney and gunnery officer Ted White. Their target: a Japanese radio installation.

    As Bush dove toward the station, black splotches of antiaircraft fire exploded around the Avenger. "Suddenly there was a jolt, as if a massive fist had crunched into the belly of the plane," he later wrote. "Smoke poured into the cockpit, and I could see flamed rippling across the crease of the wing, edging toward the fuel tanks." He managed to unload his bombs on the target and head the Avenger to sea, yelling for his crewmates to bail out. As the aircraft lost altitude, Bush jumped as well, colliding with the plane's tail on the way. He landed bleeding but alive in the water. Delaney and White did not survive--one's parachute failed to open, and the other never made it out of the plane.

    Bush climbed into a life raft as Japanese boats sped toward him. U.S. fighter planes drove them back, but currents pushed the raft toward Chichi Jima, where (unbeknownst to Bush) the Japanese had executed and cannibalized American POWs. Using his hands, Bush paddled furiously against the tide.

    A few hours later, he saw a periscope break the water's surface, followed by the hull of the sub USS Finback. Within minutes, the downed pilot was safely aboard.

    The Navy sent Bush to Hawaii for rest and recovery. But he couldn't sit still while the war raged, especially when he thought of his lost comrades. So the future president cut short his leave and headed back to the San Jacinto to finish his tour of duty.

    The American Patriot's Almanac, William J. Bennett and John E. Cribb, 2008.

  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited December 2018 Posts: 4,515
    16 years a go..
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    Present..

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,178
    Uhm...
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    Just learned of the demise of frenhc actress Maria Pacome, aged 94 :

    https://actu.orange.fr/france/deces-de-la-comedienne-maria-pacome-a-l-age-de-94-ans-famille-a-l-afp-CNT000001aBt7l.html

    One of the great names of french comedies. She'll be missed.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    M_Balje wrote: »
    16 years a go..
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    Present..

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    Haha, that is excellent, @M_Balje .
  • SharkBaitSharkBait
    Posts: 2,107
    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    One of my best friends for the last 15 years killed himself. He messaged me saying he needed help and me being crazy busy with work (putting in 10-15 hours a day, clocking in at 4:30am to dark) forgot to respond. I have been away from the forums for a long time also regarding the lack of Bond news..

    I typically have some friends on Facebook and instagram that I keep up with from the forums. Especially TheBondExperience!

    RIP Davy. 1994-2018

    Sorry to hear that. I've also lost two friends in the last few years due suicide and drug overdose.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,178
    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    One of my best friends for the last 15 years killed himself. He messaged me saying he needed help and me being crazy busy with work (putting in 10-15 hours a day, clocking in at 4:30am to dark) forgot to respond. I have been away from the forums for a long time also regarding the lack of Bond news..

    I typically have some friends on Facebook and instagram that I keep up with from the forums. Especially TheBondExperience!

    RIP Davy. 1994-2018

    Sad thing to read, @CASINOROYALE. Take care, friend.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
    Posts: 2,115
    Former actress Michele Carey dies at 75.

    http://bit.ly/2DSMhqt
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    I didn't hear about it until today, but belgian comic book artist Édouard Aidans passed away on september 6th, aged 88. During my childhood, I read his works in the magazine Tintin, from the prehistoric adventures of Tounga to the more modern adventures of Les Franval or Les Panthères. I also had the great honour of being seated next to him during a convention during the 90s, where I had gone to sell the fanzine me and my friends were working on at the time, and struck a conversation with him. Still one of my best memories of that period of my life.

    bdzoom.com/132995/actualites/edouard-aidans-deces-d%E2%80%99un-touche-a-tout-genial%E2%80%A6/
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I too read Tounga as a kid, or Tonga as he was known as here. I vaguely remember the Franval Family, too.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Mozart died today in 1791. Time to listen to his Requiem and his Masonic Funeral Music.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    John D.F. Black, writer of many U.S. TV shows, dies at 85. Also co-scripted the original 1971 Shaft film. http://bit.ly/2UiQBoI
  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    AlexanderWaverly wrote: »
    John D.F. Black, writer of many U.S. TV shows, dies at 85. Also co-scripted the original 1971 Shaft film. http://bit.ly/2UiQBoI
    Wow! John D.F. Black wrote some of my favorite Hawaii Five-O episodes, including my very favorite one - “Rest in Peace, Somebody”. Of course the show starred our very own Jack Lord!

  • TracyTracy
    Posts: 1,708
    Dynamite Kid , part of the legendary British Bulldogs

    Amazing wrestler but not so nice outside the ring
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    edited December 2018 Posts: 654
    Tim Rossovich, former NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles (my home team :) ) who later became an actor and guested in countless TV shows in the 80s - KNIGHT RIDER, THE A-TEAM, MAGNUM P.I., HUNTER, etc. His brother is actor Rick Rossovich of Terminator, Top Gun, Roxanne, Navy Seals fame.
  • DoctorKaufmannDoctorKaufmann Can shoot you from Stuttgart and still make it look like suicide.
    Posts: 1,261
    peter wrote: »
    I had no idea the extent of Rick Jay's talents. Check this out:

    https://deadline.com/2018/11/ricky-jay-dead-magician-boogie-nights-deadwood-david-mamet-deceptive-practices-1202508394/

    I read somewhere, that they originally planned to make use of Jay's card-throwing skills in TND, apparently they even shot a scene, where Gupta threw some cards at Bond, but the scene did not make it into the final film.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    DoctorKaufmann wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    I had no idea the extent of Rick Jay's talents. Check this out:

    https://deadline.com/2018/11/ricky-jay-dead-magician-boogie-nights-deadwood-david-mamet-deceptive-practices-1202508394/

    I read somewhere, that they originally planned to make use of Jay's card-throwing skills in TND, apparently they even shot a scene, where Gupta threw some cards at Bond, but the scene did not make it into the final film.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    Past the noise of a whip cracking, I would've loved the inclusion of that - gives another interesting hobby/talent to a henchman, making him stand out more as unique. I believe he even managed to injure Brosnan when showcasing his card throwing talent.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    A strange coincidence, with all the talk recently about ‘Sudden Impact’ on the movie thread- Sondra Locke passed away today
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    Posts: 654
    My favorite Sondra Locke role was in 1977’s THE GAUNTLET. I also think it’s Eastwood’s most underrated film. Fantastic entertainment!!

    RIP Sondra.
  • Tokoloshe2Tokoloshe2 Northern Ireland
    Posts: 1,175
    Strangely she actually died on 3rd November but it's only been reported in the news today, six weeks later.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Yeah I noticed that after I posted- I guess so the family could grieve privately? Although one wonders if they just have to 'go through it all over again', now that the public knows.

    I can't question their reasoning I suppose.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,092
    R.I.P. Sondra Locke

  • barryt007barryt007
    edited December 2018 Posts: 19,339
    Wow I didn't know this....anyone know how she died ?

    UPDATE : It's OK I found out : from cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I'll have to watch SUDDEN IMPACT in her honor.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Or The Gauntlet,she was great in that.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    ringfire211 wrote: »
    My favorite Sondra Locke role was in 1977’s THE GAUNTLET.

    Same here.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Or The Gauntlet,she was great in that.

    She was great in that. Better film than Sudden Impact.
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    edited December 2018 Posts: 654
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Or The Gauntlet,she was great in that.

    She was great in that. Better film than Sudden Impact.
    THIS!!!

    The only 2 great Dirty Harry films are the first two (love them evenly), the rest are pretty subpar. THE GAUNTLET is head and shoulders above SUDDEN IMPACT. One of the top films of 1977 for me!

    P.S. SUDDEN IMPACT has a great score by Lalo Schifrin so I’ll give it that.

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