{"id":19008,"date":"2013-05-31T21:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T01:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19008"},"modified":"2013-05-31T21:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T01:16:15","slug":"a-hero-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19008","title":{"rendered":"A Hero From The Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Mirengoff<\/a> at Power Line<\/a> posted a story today about Ted Williams<\/a>. I didn’t grow up in Massachusetts<\/a>, and I admit that I really didn’t know much about Ted Williams. The story surprised me.<\/p>\n

Ted Williams was called into the Army during the Korean<\/a> War. At the time he had a wife and a child. He was offered the chance to avoid combat by playing on a service baseball team<\/a>, but chose to go into combat instead. It had been eight years since he had flown an aircraft.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mirengoff at Power Line relates a story about Ted Williams that was shared by John McCain<\/a> during the “Straight Talk Express<\/a>.” John McCain admired Ted Williams, who served as a fighter pilot in two wars.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

During a mission in North Korea<\/a>, Williams\u2019 fighter plane<\/a> was crippled by a strike that knocked out its hydraulics and electrical systems. The plane already was on fire when an explosion rocked its undercarriage as it approached the landing strip.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Williams pulled off a wheels-up \u201cbelly\u201d landing, skidding along the tarmac with sparks flying for almost a mile before coming to a stop. The nose burst into flames, threatening the cockpit. Williams blew off the canopy, struggled out of the plane, and, after limping clear of it, hit the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John McCain one asked Ted Williams about the incident–why he didn’t eject instead of attempting such a dangerous landing.<\/p>\n

The article reports the answer:<\/p>\n

Williams explained that, at six feet three inches tall, he believed he would have blown out both knees had he ejected himself from the cramped cockpit. And that would have meant the end of his baseball-playing career. Therefore, he decided he had to land the plane.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes we just don’t know what goes into the thought processes of a hero.<\/p>\n

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