Whole Nine Yards (1855)

[Mullins, Bill]

If someone wants to ask him directly, CAPT Stratton has a web page here:

http://www.geocities.com/talesofseasia/

and his email address is on this page:

http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=talesofseasia  (4th entry)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sam Clements
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:01 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Whole Nine Yards (1855)
>
> The "Richard A. Stratton" in question was a Navy pilot who
> was shot down in January of 1967.
>
> Back to a guy who picked it up either as a flyer in Viet Nam
> before he was captured, or perhaps just in the course of
> being in the military when released as a POW.
>
> Sam Clements
>
>