Comments on: Hewitt T. ‘Shorty’ Wheless and Boyd T. ‘Buzz’ Wagner: World War II Fighter Pilots http://www.historynet.com/hewitt-t-shorty-wheless-and-boyd-t-buzz-wagner-world-war-ii-fighter-pilots.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: doggie http://www.historynet.com/hewitt-t-shorty-wheless-and-boyd-t-buzz-wagner-world-war-ii-fighter-pilots.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2246 doggie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:39:04 +0000 #comment-2246 As for our other forgotten hero, Hewitt Wheless, when he retired from the military in June 1968 as a lieutenant general, he was serving as the assistant chief of staff of the Air Force. He died of natural causes on September 7 of that year. Not exactly. He did not die in 1968 but lived another 18 years. He died in Sept. 1986, one month short of his 73rd birthday. Ironically It was not the Japs but cigarettes that killed him. As for our other forgotten hero, Hewitt Wheless, when he retired from the military in June 1968 as a lieutenant general, he was serving as the assistant chief of staff of the Air Force. He died of natural causes on September 7 of that year.

Not exactly. He did not die in 1968 but lived another 18 years. He died in Sept. 1986, one month short of his 73rd birthday. Ironically It was not the Japs but cigarettes that killed him.

]]> By: paul and jean http://www.historynet.com/hewitt-t-shorty-wheless-and-boyd-t-buzz-wagner-world-war-ii-fighter-pilots.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2231 paul and jean Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:56:43 +0000 #comment-2231 Mr. Wheless was a great man. Would sure like to get a clear copy of the movie in which he appeared in, a true story. Only one mistake, the narrator Ronald Reagan read from the script saying the pressure in the altitude chamber was "building up," when im fact such a chamber DEcreases the pressure. Mr. Wheless was a great man. Would sure like to get a clear copy of the movie in which he appeared in, a true story. Only one mistake, the narrator Ronald Reagan read from the script saying the pressure in the altitude chamber was “building up,” when im fact such a chamber DEcreases the pressure.

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