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Has anyone tried confirming a phone call to him from
Kenneth O'Donnell such as is portrayed in
Thirteen Days? It would be much less to the point than the other O'Donnell events portrayed (the
starlings scenario by
William Ecker and his wingman is presumably pretty close to the truth, and a great piece of crucial history that we are IMO neglecting), but the portrayal of O'Donnell saying to Anderson "I've been making these calls to [all the mission leaders]" does make sense of it, tho the chance that it had a historical impact is in his case far-fetched.
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Jerzy•
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05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
The pigeon story, besides being a copy vio in its current form, is far too detailed for the accompanying bio article. (Further, even if it was intended to humanize him, its effect probably violates
SYNTH on grounds that its disproportionate length (relative the size of the article as a whole and relative the anecdote's role in his significance) has the effect of mocking him: If the C.O. of a carrier had had his
Tailhook behavior mentioned in the course that scandal, it might rate mention, but almost certainly not detailed accounting.
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Jerzy•
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05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Towards the beginning of the article, it states that he was shot down by Raul Castro. Did Raul Castro even have anything to do with this incident? Even if he did, maybe the wording should be changed. It seems to imply that Raul Castro actually got on an AA gun and personally shot the guy down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.204.26 ( talk) 07:44, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
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Has anyone tried confirming a phone call to him from
Kenneth O'Donnell such as is portrayed in
Thirteen Days? It would be much less to the point than the other O'Donnell events portrayed (the
starlings scenario by
William Ecker and his wingman is presumably pretty close to the truth, and a great piece of crucial history that we are IMO neglecting), but the portrayal of O'Donnell saying to Anderson "I've been making these calls to [all the mission leaders]" does make sense of it, tho the chance that it had a historical impact is in his case far-fetched.
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Jerzy•
t
05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
The pigeon story, besides being a copy vio in its current form, is far too detailed for the accompanying bio article. (Further, even if it was intended to humanize him, its effect probably violates
SYNTH on grounds that its disproportionate length (relative the size of the article as a whole and relative the anecdote's role in his significance) has the effect of mocking him: If the C.O. of a carrier had had his
Tailhook behavior mentioned in the course that scandal, it might rate mention, but almost certainly not detailed accounting.
--
Jerzy•
t
05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Towards the beginning of the article, it states that he was shot down by Raul Castro. Did Raul Castro even have anything to do with this incident? Even if he did, maybe the wording should be changed. It seems to imply that Raul Castro actually got on an AA gun and personally shot the guy down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.204.26 ( talk) 07:44, 2 June 2016 (UTC)