Yeah, I've posted about it a coupla times on other forums, but during OCS, our OCS Ball, Infantry Officers Basic Course, and the Maneuver Captain's Career Course, each of those Battalions brought in MAJ (Ret.) Dan Turner, the commander of the Greenleaf Element of the Son Tay Raid and he would give a little history of the raid, geared to the different levels of expertise. As the level of professional education increased, so did the relevance of the questions. After each, there was time allotted for handshaking and individual questions as well. If you ever get the chance, you should definitely talk to him.
Then a couple of other times we got to meet other Raiders as well, one of the most interesting was when I was talking to my dad about it in a restaurant in Athens, Alabama. Some guy overheard us and came and introduced himself as one of the NCOs in the Blueboy element. I've had no way to verify him since, but he definitely talked the talk enough to convince me, which is pretty difficult to do as I consider myself a pretty good Poser Hunter.
But, I'll quit threadjacking now and return you back to your regularly scheduled programming...
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