Dusty Kleiss turns 100
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:16 am
From Valley News Live
Even after studying just about everything there is on the battle, you still have to marvel at these men. To go out, off the decks of a ship in an SBD, with your gunner, a thousand-pound bomb, and nothing more complex than a plotting board, a chart, a pencil and a stopwatch, and find the enemy. And if you do that, dodge through flak and fighters for a CHANCE to drop your payload on a high-speed maneuvering target. And hope you have enough gas to get home. If you can find it.
Sterner stuff indeed
Happy Birthday, Dusty
Even after studying just about everything there is on the battle, you still have to marvel at these men. To go out, off the decks of a ship in an SBD, with your gunner, a thousand-pound bomb, and nothing more complex than a plotting board, a chart, a pencil and a stopwatch, and find the enemy. And if you do that, dodge through flak and fighters for a CHANCE to drop your payload on a high-speed maneuvering target. And hope you have enough gas to get home. If you can find it.
Sterner stuff indeed
Happy Birthday, Dusty