Show A Hero At a it recent reunion of world war one overseas fliers one of the fighter pilot aces of that conflict offered a novel description of the air hero Charles B. B DOlive D'Olive holder of the Distinguished Flying Flying Flying Fly Fly- ing Cross offered this definition definition definition defini defini- tion A uA HERO is a flier dumb enough to get in a jam and lucky enough to shoot himself himself himself him him- self out of it while someone was looking This of course isn't always al always always al- al ways true but no doubt it covers much g ground r o 0 u n d and fliers themselves would be bethe bethe bethe the first to admit the irony and truth in D'Olive's defini defini- tion Its It's also true however that the nations nation's heroes and there are many traditionally belittle their exploits That category includes many young men returning today from Vietnam |