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Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 12:34 AM
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MikeC
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This is a picture of my all time favorite Aunt. She was also my Dad's favorite sister. During WW II while my Dad was a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne fighting in the Philippines, my aunt was working in the factory building these bad boys.
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 12:35 AM
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Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 12:38 AM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 12:52 AM
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Great pic! Thanks for sharing! My grandfather was a Col. in the Air Force (Col. Harry Blitch) and was also stationed in the Philippines. He and his best friend escorted MacArthur's and his plane off the islands, as the Japanese took over, previous to the Bataan March. Hats off to the greatest generation!
PS - Mike, if you want me to, I can restore that picture for you...and take the creases out. Just send me a high resolution digital copy of it, if you have a scanner handy.
Last edited by George - w/ Map My Ranch; 06/18/15 03:28 AM.
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 01:09 AM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 01:17 AM
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Great picture and very nice gesture George
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 02:05 AM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 03:16 AM
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That is a great pic. Yep The Greatest Generation.
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 03:43 AM
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I assume that was GP, My grandmother Worked in the GP plant building the same plane.
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 04:21 AM
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MikeC
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Great pic! Thanks for sharing! My grandfather was a Col. in the Air Force (Col. Harry Blitch) and was also stationed in the Philippines. He and his best friend escorted MacArthur's and his plane off the islands, as the Japanese took over, previous to the Bataan March. Hats off to the greatest generation!
PS - Mike, if you want me to, I can restore that picture for you...and take the creases out. Just send me a high resolution digital copy of it, if you have a scanner handy. I've got a scanner in our printer, I'll try to see what the resolution is. Thanks
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 05:21 AM
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Great picture and very nice gesture George
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06/18/15 10:12 AM
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Great picture and very nice gesture George
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 10:23 AM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 10:24 AM
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God forbid,could we rise to the occasion again? Thanks fr the post
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 11:50 AM
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 01:37 PM
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Great photo
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 01:49 PM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 02:20 PM
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 02:38 PM
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Very cool pic and with one of the greatest planes ever made.
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 02:38 PM
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Very cool pic and piece of history. That plane was a beast!
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Re: Found An Old Picture
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06/18/15 05:32 PM
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MikeC
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They were built in Grand Prairie and Inglewood California.
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06/18/15 05:55 PM
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