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R1D3R • yesterday at 11:17 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> Gene Roddenberry was in the Navy

No, he wasn’t. He was a B-17 pilot in the Army Air Force.


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ChrisMarshallNY • today at 2:01 AM

It's a miracle he survived.

That bunch had the highest mortality rates of any unit (except maybe some of the Japanese units, who were basically suicidal), during the war.

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krapp • yesterday at 11:30 PM

Well shit I stand corrected then.