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BENZ-LGB · #**122** 05-29-2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KylePavao

Also, despite my age, I am not a complete fool when it comes to WWII; I know why it's called the Sherman; Willaim Tecumseh Sherman. The Brit's liked using Civil War Generals to name American tanks; The M3 "Grant" and later with the upgraded Turrent, the "Lee". The M4A3 you speak of didn't come into combat in any significant numbers until later 1944.

Age is not a factor that I even consider when debating any issue.

My 16 yo son can run circles around people when it comes to discussing WWII aircraft. When he was barely 10 years old I took him to an airshow where he corrected a man who was talking about radial engines used in WWII.

The man was a docent at a warbird museum and was a pilot himself.

So age is not an issue.

Where age makes a difference is not on the issue of knowledge, but on the issue of perspective. Having gone around the track for more than one lap gives me a different, and deeper perspective. It is the long view of things.