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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 4 May 2017

    Gen. Curtis LeMay as model for Gen. Jack D. Ripper in “Dr. Strangelove”:pic.twitter.com/C4mPQYs7EG

    11:55 AM - 4 May 2017
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      1. Pat Callaghan‏Verified account @PatCallaghan6 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        In that picture, Lemay looks kinda like Joe Flynn as "Lead Bottom" on McHale's Navy.pic.twitter.com/qvzVe5F58D

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      1. Got Democracy?‏ @alansandiego1 4 May 2017
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        For God's sake Mandrake, in the name of Her Majesty & the Continental Congress, get over here and feed me this belt!

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      1. Galileo's Lens‏ @TheMerryMartyr 4 May 2017
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        Did LeMay go on and on about precious bodily fluids also?

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      1. Schnip's Quips‏ @ScottSchnipper 4 May 2017
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        Bombs Awaaaaaaaay. And then later, upon retirement...he ran for VP with strident segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

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      2. Kokomo Kid‏ @KokomoKid1 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Didn't LeMay want to start WW III in the mid-50s?

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      1. Janette thinks Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker‏ @DawnaRickelz 13 May 2017
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        "Bomb them back to the Stone Age "

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      1. John Schmitt‏ @JohnSchmitt18 4 May 2017
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        Give Joe Maddon a cigar and you've got it.

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      1. Vic Volpe‏ @tPfit87ter 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        General LeMay was responsible (the planner) of the bombing of Japan during WWII.

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      1. Kharma‏ @Pronate 4 May 2017
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        This guy did more damage to Japan than our Abombs ever did. He pretty much leveled Tokyo.

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      1. varifrank‏ @varifrank 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Curtis LeMay, known for lots of other things but he was also a Ham Radio and Sports Car enthusiast as well as a sufferer of Bells palsy.

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      1. David Israel‏ @RealDavidIsrael 4 May 2017
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        What was it Gen. LeMay advocated in Vietnam? "Bomb them back to the Stone Age."

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