Originally Posted by crewdawg

Haha...I knew I would get called on that! It's semantics but he was still a 1LT for the first 25 days of 1940. Also, I said he went from 1LT to MAJ Gen (O-8)...not O-9. But we're splitting hairs here...it's still crazy to get that kind of fast track.

As was said it my other quote. Robin Olds was a Fighter Sq/CC as a major in his early 20s! Different times for sure! I remember when I was 22...I was still busy getting drunk and chasin tail in college!