Friday, June 1, 2012

Going into battle armed with a trumpet

The amazing story of war veteran Jack Tueller and the trumpet he carried with him on 140 flights during WWII.


.............on each mission, Tueller carried his trumpet in the cockpit.
"I took it in a little canvas bag attached to my parachute. I figured if I ever got shot down, it would go with me, and if I survived and got put into a prisoner of war camp, I could get an extra bar of soap from the guard."


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