Dale wrote:

I was surprised to read that the Blue Angels disbanded to go fight in Korea. Makes
sense, of course, as they were hand-picked top pilots. But the policy changed with
Vietnam- at least I'm pretty certain I saw the Blue Angels perform several times
during the war. Was it decided their PR and recruiting role was more valuable than
what they could do in actual combat?

Korea was treated as an actual war - airplanes and ships broken out of
mothballs, etc.. etc..

Vietnam was treated like an abberation in the day-to-day life rather
than an all consuming role.

D.
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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL