Tuesday, July 05, 2011

How I Became Famous

For those who haven't seen it recently and those who have never seen it, here is a bit of what I did in my misspent youth:

7 comments:

Murphy's Law said...

You da Man, Ed. You da man.

hitman said...

I don't think most would consider that misspent youth. I'm guessing that up until the point where they were shooting at you, it was just about as much fun as a person could have with thier clothes on.

Anonymous said...

That was pretty great, especially after reading your books. A starring role too.
Although the SAM launches would have tkaen all the fun out of the job.


So how's that "war injury?"

Kevin said...

Got this on DVD at home - good stuff! Aside from the obvious name association, I always thought Red River Valley suited well the footage of Thuds going to work. On that note, I seem to recall similar footage elsewhere with Whiskey In The Jar in the background - a good match as well.

I'm with hitman, a "misspent youth" it was not.

juvat said...

Ed,
Who was that just prior to your "FOD" line? Karl Richter?

Ed Rasimus said...

Juvat, that was Bill Ricks who was #3 in the 100 mission flight. My roommate. Later returned in F-4 and after that F-15. Retired as an O-6 in '85 at Holloman where he was DO of the 479th and ran afoul of the prissy wing commander.

Six said...

That was great Ed. Truly a man among men.