bombs and Germany (was NASA marks anniversary of...)

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:54:18 -0600, OM wrote:

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:51:55 +0800, "Neil Gerace"
wrote:

I don't know about that, as he wasn't President when the most severe bombing
raids of German cities were going on.

...But he *was* the VEEP, and prior to that he was on several
congressional panels dealing with military appropriations. Those
panels *were* briefed on just how much hell we were giving the Nazis
and the Japs, and saw combat camera footage fresh off the reels that
most people didn't see until way after the war.

He wasn't really in the loop as VP. That has since changed, largely
because of the situation he found himself in upon FDR's death. But
I'm sure he was up to speed on how the war was going and what
our tactics generally were, even though he wasn't really kept briefed
enough to step in at a moment's notice. Turned out that he did OK.

Now the VP is so in the loop, they have to hide him

Dale