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I could go on and on and on about Decatur's record of lies and misrepresentations ... he has been a longtime embarrassment to the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen!!!!
Robert A Decatur 2010
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Decatur's embellishments were repeated over the years in articles ranging from a 2004 cover story in Onyx magazine to an Aug. 22 obituary in the Orlando Sentinel.
Robert A Decatur 2010
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Sagal, Carl Kassell, Decatur's own Roy Blount Jr, Amy Dickinson, and Charlie Pierce were as quick witted and entertaining as any regular listener would expect.
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But his death last month in Titusville at age 88 did not lay to rest the contention of fellow Tuskegee Airmen that Decatur's legendary life was largely his own creation.
Robert A Decatur 2010
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Sagal, Carl Kassell, Decatur's own Roy Blount Jr, Amy Dickinson, and Charlie Pierce were as quick witted and entertaining as any regular listener would expect.
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His friend and fellow Brevard County Airman Noel Harris said Decatur's portrayal of himself as a Tuskegee pilot was not so different from the war stories on steroids heard at every Army reunion.
Robert A Decatur 2010
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Stephen Decatur's infamous 1816 toast — "Our country, right or wrong!" — comes across as less jingoistic if you consider that Decatur's idea of his country was his camaraderie with his fellow countrymen: we may disagree, he was saying, but our collective bond as citizens should never be dissolved.
Full measures of devotion Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Stephen Decatur's infamous 1816 toast — "Our country, right or wrong!" — comes across as less jingoistic if you consider that Decatur's idea of his country was his camaraderie with his fellow countrymen: we may disagree, he was saying, but our collective bond as citizens should never be dissolved.
Archive 2007-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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But we tend only to hear Decatur's brief toast for the most part over the years.
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Many patriotic toasts were made, but Decatur's stood out: Our country!
Bevan summed it up Helen 2006
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