Doolittle Raiders - the Last Goblet

NutmegCT · Apr 10, 2019

The last Doolittle Raider passed away yesterday, April 9. Lt. Col. Richard Cole, USAF retired. Age 103.

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/2...r-dies-lt-col-richard-dick-cole-passes-at-103

Sadly, the final goblet will now be turned over.

https://www.doolittleraider.com/the_goblets.htm

Rest in Peace Raiders, you have served your country well.

Tom M.

waltesefalcon · Apr 10, 2019

I saw this on facebook yesterday. His death has brought an end to an era.

maynard · Apr 10, 2019

I remember watching (I think on the Military Channel) a documentary about the raid featuring interviews with the (then surviving) raiders. I was struck at how normal they appeared. Nobody seeing them on the street would believe they were the ones who were on the raid.

longbridgehealey · Apr 11, 2019

Were rapidly coming to an absolute end to an era. The older I get the more I appreciate what our parents (or grandparents) did.

NutmegCT · Apr 11, 2019

longbridgehealey said:
Were rapidly coming to an absolute end to an era. The older I get the more I appreciate what our parents (or grandparents) did.

Me too!

Seems that the idea of "working together toward a mutual goal of a better world" is being replaced with "grab as much as you can for yourself".

DrEntropy · Apr 13, 2019

A generation putting their lives on hold "for the duration." Open-ended contract, no end in sight. Humbling. Even more so the Doolittle Raiders. They planned for a return that looked nearly impossible, expecting it in reality to be a one-way mission.

Bayless · Apr 14, 2019

That is why they have become known as "The Greatest Generation."

Doolittle Raiders - the Last Goblet

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