My uncle was a pilot in the Air Force. He came "home" just before the deployed to Okinawa, where he was based to bomb Vietnam. I was about ten years old and I went with him to the local hardware store where he bought an S&W Model 15 that he was going to carry while flying.

He said that it was good duty. Got up in the morning, flew to Vietnam, dropped bombs and was home by dinner time. Only issue was he had to keep from being shot down.

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Bill