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   ww2thebigone Member

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   Before he became famous as a college football coach, Paul Dietzel flew B-29s against Japan.
   
   https://ww2thebigone.com/2016/09/09/before-his-football-fame-world-war-ii-shaped-paul-dietzel/

    

   ww2thebigone, Sep 8, 2016

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   I always wondered why he left LSU after winning the National Championship for Army. I never knew that he was a B-29 pilot. Later on in the 80s, he came back to LSU as the AD. Great story.

    

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