[lbo-talk] W's D-Day set cost $100k of public money

[martin]

Eisenhower said  he would return to Korea. He did. Landed at Kimpo Air 
Base (called K-14) and shook some hands and got back in his plane and 
took off again. (Maybe that's not precisely how it happened - I wasn't 
invited to the event, but that's how I remember the anecdotes regarding 
it.)

The Army engineer company that I was a member of had replaced the 
entire runway and apron of K-14 for him to land on and when he left 
they tore it up and replaced it a second time. It had been paved 
incorrectly, in the rain, in order to accommodate  the scheduled visit.

Occurrences like that helped me to form my opinions about what's 
'conservative' and what isn't.

Martin

On Jun 16, 2004, at 6:48 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> WASHINGTON - White House aides advancing President Bush (news - web 
> sites)'s Normandy visit ordered the Pentagon (news - web sites) to 
> erect a $100,000 platform for his entry into a U.S. military cemetery, 
> well-placed sources told the Daily News.