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From: Gretchen <gmh1944@...>
Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Subject: Two True Stories
To: Gretch <gmh1944@...>


I didn't believe this so I checked it out at Wikipedia. If you trust
Wikipedia, it's true!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_O%27Hare


   Two Stories BOTH TRUE - and worth reading!!!!


     STORY NUMBER   ONE

     Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned  Chicago . Capone
wasn't  famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the
windy city  in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to
murder.

       Capone had a lawyer  nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He was Capone's
lawyer for a good reason. Eddie  was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill
at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out  of jail for a long time.

       To  show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well.. Not only
was the money  big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For
instance, he and his  family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in
help and all of the  conveniences of the day. The estate was so large
that it filled an  entire  Chicago  City   block.

       Eddie lived the high  life of the  Chicago  mob and gave little
consideration to the  atrocity that went on around him.

       Eddie did have one soft spot,  however. He had a son that he
loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young  son had clothes, cars,
and a good education. Nothing was withheld.   Price was no object.

       And,  despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even
tried to teach  him right from wrong.  Eddie wanted his son to be a
better man than  he was.

       Yet, with all his  wealth and influence, there were two things
he couldn't give his son; he  couldn't pass on a good name or a good
example.

       One day, Easy Eddie  reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie
wanted to rectify wrongs he had  done.

       He decided he would go  to the authorities and tell the truth
about Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up  his tarnished name, and offer
his son some semblance of integrity. To do  this, he would have to
testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost  would be great.
 So, he  testified.

       Within the year,  Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire
on a  lonely   Chicago Street  .  But in his eyes, he had given his
son the  greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could
ever pay.  Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a
religious  medallion, and a poem clipped from a  magazine.

       The poem  read:

       'The clock of life is wound but once, and no  man has the power
to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early  hour.  Now is
the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will.  Place no faith
in time. For the clock may soon be still.'




      STORY  NUMBER  TWO


       World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant
Commander  Butch O'Hare.

       He was a fighter  pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier
Lexington  in the South  Pacific.


       One day his  entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he
was airborne, he   looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone
had forgotten to top  off his fuel tank.

       He would  not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get
back to his   ship.

       His flight leader told  him to return to the carrier..
Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and  headed back to the
fleet.

       As  he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that
turned his  blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding
its way toward  the American fleet.

       The  American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was
all but  defenseless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them
back in time to  save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the
approaching danger.  There was only one thing to do. He must somehow
divert them from the   fleet.

       Laying aside all  thoughts of personal safety, he d! ove into
the formation of Japanese  planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as
he charged in, attacking one  surprised enemy plane and then another.
Butch wove in and out of the now  broken formation and fired at as
many planes as possible until all his  ammunition was finally spent.


       Undaunted, he continued  the assault. He dove at the planes,
trying to  clip a wing or tail in  hopes of damaging as many enemy
planes as possible, rendering them unfit  to fly.

       Finally, the  exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another
  direction.

       Deeply relieved,  Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped
back to the  carrier.

       Upon arrival, he  reported in and related the event surrounding
his return. The film from  the gun-camera mounted on his plane told
the tale. It showed the extent of  Butch's daring attempt to protect
his fleet.  He had, in fact,  destroyed five enemy aircraft.
This took place on February 20,  1942 , and for that action Butch
became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II,  and the first Naval Aviator to
win the Congressional Medal of  Honor.

       A year later Butch was  killed in aerial combat at the age of
29. His home town would  not  allow the memory of this WW II hero to
fade, and today, O'Hare Airport  in  Chicago  is named in tribute to
the courage of this great  man.

       So, the next time you  find yourself at O'Hare International,
give some thought to visiting  Butch's memorial displaying his statue
and his Medal of Honor. It's  located between Terminals 1 and  2.


        SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES  HAV! E TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?


       Butch O'Hare was 'Easy Eddie's'  son.


       (Pretty cool,  eh!)









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