{"id":101,"date":"2014-09-16T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2014-09-16T01:22:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T01:22:45","slug":"met-hero-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Met a Hero Today…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We stopped in Redding, California to eat at Burger King for lunch today, and a very interesting thing happened.\u00a0 Dad was sitting down to eat when an older gentleman come up and asked him if he was from Memphis (Dad was wearing his Memphis t-shirt).\u00a0 I over heard the conversation and to the elderly gentleman that I was from the Memphis area.\u00a0 When I asked him how he was connected to Memphis, he paused and began to tell the most amazing story.\u00a0 The gentleman’s name was Robert Kelley.\u00a0 Mr. Kelly asked me if the Memphis Bell (B-17 Bomber) was still on Mud Island.\u00a0 He then said that he flew in the same bomber group as the Memphis Bell (91st Bomber Group).\u00a0\u00a0On\u00a0the 5th of September, 1944 his\u00a0Bomber Group was flying over France when the plane he was flying was shot down by 5 M-109s, his tail was shot off and he had to bail.\u00a0 He jumped from the tail of the plane and tried to deploy his parachute but nothing happened.\u00a0 He then opened his parachute and was able to remove the pilotchute and throw it as hard as he could.\u00a0 His shoot opened just in time for him to watch his plane spiral to earth while on fire.\u00a0 He landed in Metz, France which was, at that time, German occupied.\u00a0 Mr. Kelley’s mother immigrated from France so he was able to speak French fluently, and he\u00a0 was able to hook up with the French underground within 15 minutes of hitting the ground.\u00a0 He then made it to Paris, where he “celebrated” before turning himself in.\u00a0 What a great story, what a great man.\u00a0 Dad said the entire trip was worth it just to meet Mr. Kelley.<\/p>\n

\"photo40\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We stopped in Redding, California to eat at Burger King for lunch today, and a very interesting thing happened.  Dad was sitting down to eat when an older gentleman come up and asked him if he was from Memphis (Dad was wearing his Memphis t-shirt).  I over heard the conversation and to the elderly gentleman … Continue reading Met a Hero Today…<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nMet a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Met a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We stopped in Redding, California to eat at Burger King for lunch today, and a very interesting thing happened.  Dad was sitting down to eat when an older gentleman come up and asked him if he was from Memphis (Dad was wearing his Memphis t-shirt).  I over heard the conversation and to the elderly gentleman … Continue reading Met a Hero Today… →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/photo40-e1410830549974-225x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dlengland3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dlengland3\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101\",\"name\":\"Met a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6815ff0b13e4e58a8157d6b11749807\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Met a Hero Today…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/\",\"name\":\"DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.\",\"description\":\"Dare to Dream, Dare to Explore, Dare to Discover\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6815ff0b13e4e58a8157d6b11749807\",\"name\":\"dlengland3\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45333c8dbf69facfe0a6367d3bc3f1018c18ec4e55a090d9d9faf22933157662?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45333c8dbf69facfe0a6367d3bc3f1018c18ec4e55a090d9d9faf22933157662?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dlengland3\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Met a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Met a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.","og_description":"We stopped in Redding, California to eat at Burger King for lunch today, and a very interesting thing happened.  Dad was sitting down to eat when an older gentleman come up and asked him if he was from Memphis (Dad was wearing his Memphis t-shirt).  I over heard the conversation and to the elderly gentleman … Continue reading Met a Hero Today… →","og_url":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101","og_site_name":"DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.","article_published_time":"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/photo40-e1410830549974-225x300.jpg"}],"author":"dlengland3","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dlengland3","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101","url":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101","name":"Met a Hero Today... - DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-16T01:22:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6815ff0b13e4e58a8157d6b11749807"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?p=101#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Met a Hero Today…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/","name":"DREAM. EXPLORE. DISCOVER.","description":"Dare to Dream, Dare to Explore, Dare to Discover","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6815ff0b13e4e58a8157d6b11749807","name":"dlengland3","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45333c8dbf69facfe0a6367d3bc3f1018c18ec4e55a090d9d9faf22933157662?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45333c8dbf69facfe0a6367d3bc3f1018c18ec4e55a090d9d9faf22933157662?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dlengland3"},"url":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englandriders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}