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I met a survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima today
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<blockquote data-quote="shorty" data-source="post: 371231" data-attributes="member: 7260"><p>Had the pleasure of working for a few months with a gent who made 4 jumps in Europe during ww2. Including D Day. Hell of a guy! Enjoyed his stories no end.</p><p></p><p>Lived not far from one of USMC's better known alumni Joe Foss, he is remembered by most all military aviators. didn't know Joe but his brother Cliff could fly and shoot as well as his brother.</p><p> Cliff flew his Piper Cub from South Dakota to Greenland to hunt Polar Bear back in the sixties.</p><p>He also would hunt predators from his cub, handling both the flying and shooting on occasion.</p><p>this was back when a bounty was paid for predators. He would fly up to Canada for wolves and for the bounty that the government paid for each wolf killed.</p><p></p><p> Cliff made it on TV on the old show What's My Line, as the first man to make a million dollars</p><p>as a bounty hunter. On Sunday's he would ride around with my next door neighbor and shoot</p><p>fence posts from a moving car for fun and practice, should some varmint not be available.</p><p></p><p> Sadly, Joe and Cliff are gone as are so many others,blessed be their memory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shorty, post: 371231, member: 7260"] Had the pleasure of working for a few months with a gent who made 4 jumps in Europe during ww2. Including D Day. Hell of a guy! Enjoyed his stories no end. Lived not far from one of USMC's better known alumni Joe Foss, he is remembered by most all military aviators. didn't know Joe but his brother Cliff could fly and shoot as well as his brother. Cliff flew his Piper Cub from South Dakota to Greenland to hunt Polar Bear back in the sixties. He also would hunt predators from his cub, handling both the flying and shooting on occasion. this was back when a bounty was paid for predators. He would fly up to Canada for wolves and for the bounty that the government paid for each wolf killed. Cliff made it on TV on the old show What's My Line, as the first man to make a million dollars as a bounty hunter. On Sunday's he would ride around with my next door neighbor and shoot fence posts from a moving car for fun and practice, should some varmint not be available. Sadly, Joe and Cliff are gone as are so many others,blessed be their memory. [/QUOTE]
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