Tag: Pete Mecca

A VETERAN’S STORY: Targeting the Big Apple

According to legend, in the year 1307 the bailiff/agent of the Hapsburg Duke of Austria…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Avoiding Cobras and Flying Cobras

Carl “Skip” Bell was born at Emory Hospital on August 6, 1945, the same day…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Battle of the Heavyweights

By Pete Mecca Analogous to Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Richard Ira “Dick” Bong and…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: The Men of Evans

By Pete Mecca Evans Tool and Die has set a new standard for honoring veterans…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: A Russian Officer and Pickle Soup

Armageddon is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as a reference to the final battle…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Flying Fabric and Piloting Plywood

By Pete Mecca Like a deadly cobra, colorful anti-aircraft tracers swivel and coil around your…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Interview with The Last Raider

By Pete Mecca The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing World War II Days at Falcon…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ghost Liberator — Lady Be Good

By Peter Mecca She was not appealing and handled like a long-haul tractor/trailer with 18…

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A VETERAN’ STORY: A Progeny of Aviators

By Pete Mecca. Arranging an interview quickly turns into something very special when the veteran…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: The British Gentleman and His Southern Belle

After the downfall of France in WWII, the German Luftwaffe controlled the skies over Europe.…

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