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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:25 pm 
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Certainly the boys in blue don't receive nearly the credit that is due.


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And if in his shoes, I can just imagine how many noses I'd break of those telling me one can't get to Berlin and back in a Spit. :spit :drink3:

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God I love that! You see that twinkle in his eye! For a moment he was a young man again and back there! That's exactly why we do what we do! Can't see that enough!

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That was great. It makes you wonder how many other stories like those are still out there.


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Very good !!Hope you dont mind , i posted this on the aces high forum , thought they would like to see it . :spit


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That was awesome! I love that kind of stuff. Thanks for posting the link.


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That is incredible. Kudos to the guys that took the time to track him down. Great stuff. As was mentioned before, the look in his eyes when he realized that was footage of him is priceless...thanks for posting the link.


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What a fantastic story. Great to have documentation of a first person story.


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That really was interesting. Thanks for posting it up!


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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Like Ken said, that's why we do what we do.

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Awesome short, thanks for the link.

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That is beyond wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing it!


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Great story!!!!


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