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Subject: Very OT:Even real heroes don't live forever....

Paul Francis opened this issue on Aug 28, 2011 · 4 posts
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Paul Francis ( ) posted Sun, 28 August 2011 at 4:00 AM · edited Mon, 05 August 2024 at 2:24 AM

Attached Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030947/SAS-hero-John-McAleese-Iranian-embassy-siege-dies-suspected-heart-attack.html

 I had the honour of working with Sgt McAleese once, on a film, I hasten to add.  At the going down of the sun, we shall remember them.  Farewell.

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SamTherapy ( ) posted Sun, 28 August 2011 at 5:31 AM

Read it on the BBC site this morning.  

RIP. 

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lmckenzie ( ) posted Sun, 28 August 2011 at 6:32 AM

Seems like a lifetime ago - I suppose it was. I think that incident really first  brought the SAS to our attention in the US. Both he and his son were true heroes indeed.

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Paul Francis ( ) posted Sun, 28 August 2011 at 6:35 AM

He told me that if everyone who claimed to have been on that balcony had really been there, it would have doubled the size of the regiment...!

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

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