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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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I knew a log truck driver, B.J. MacDonald. He served on the destroyer Tucker, which was undamaged on 7 December. Ironically, it was sunk by a mine later. One of our mines. They had not been informed of the recently laid minefield.
B.J. often talked about both events in coffee shop conversations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tucker_(DD-374)
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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