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01-24-2012, 11:36 PM #1Senior Member
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An Amazing Story
Part of my job in the Air Force was training aircrews in survival and escape and evasion. As such this guy's story really got my attention. This guy is hands down an Escape and Evasion BEAST! Twenty-eight years of back pay= $300 (USD)!? WTF!? GI's of any country are traditional not lavishly compensated but good grief! That's ridiculous!
Shoichi Yokoi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe older I get, the better I was
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01-25-2012, 12:04 AM #2Just a guy with free time.
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Truly amazing! Tough break on the back pay though. Yikes!
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01-25-2012, 02:05 AM #3Thread derailment specialist.
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There was another gent in the Phillipines that surrendered in '74. He wouldn't surrender until his old commanding officer came and spoke to him personally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda
No mention of back pay for this gent.
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01-25-2012, 02:34 AM #4Senior Member
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Wow! I can't even imagine. That is nuts!
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