From: Adam Flinton 

Richard B. wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:36:49 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote:
>
>
>>It wasn't our blood.  The Soviet Union won WWII.  Don't you read our
>>resident Americaphobe?
>
>
> Aye, those B17s and other light aircraft bases in merry old England
> were really red comrades in arms.
>

They were comrades in arms to the Soviets. They flew some bombing missions
in support of Red Army objectives.

My Grandfather helped to ship arms (a lot of which were US made) to our
common comrades in arms via northern norway.

> You learn these things after a stint or two in tropical Siberia.
>

As opposed to sitting in the southern US states dribbling & trying to
colour in the pictures which are there to help you guess the words.

Adam

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