Originally Posted by Conan the Librarian
Heady times... but I still think LeMay was a loony.
Conan
Lemay was no looney. He was a dead serious tough guy who was a major reason why the Japanese Empire was defeated without the loss of hundreds of thousands more Americans, Brits, and Aussies. After the war he turned a demoralized ramshackle strategic air force into the world's most powerful.
In large part because of the ground-work that he laid, the Soviet Empire disintegrated and re-emerged as a fledgling democracy.
Some people think Bomber Harris was a nut too, which he was most definately not.
"Strategic Air Command" was ok, but was way too propoganda-like for my tastes. Also, Jimmy Stewart was getting a little long in the tooth to be believable playing a major league pitcher. "A Gathering of Eagles" was a great movie and showed a much more realistic view of life in a strategic bomber wing. Still can't get over the imagery of Rock being a homo.