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Vanity: NYT front page WWII posts, need help
Posted on 11/15/2013 10:07:42 AM PST by Tailback
I'm trying to find the author/past posts regarding the NYTimes front pages from the WWII years. There was a post I believe on Veterans day regarding combat on Bougainville that I believe my Wife's grandfather (Marine Corsair pilot) recieved the Distinguished Flying Cross for. PM me if you can help find it, thanks in advance.
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: history; nyt; wwii
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:07:42 AM PST
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Tailback
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:09:54 AM PST
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oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:10:44 AM PST
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Tailback
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11/15/2013 10:10:57 AM PST
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randita
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:11:42 AM PST
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IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:12:14 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(It's like everyone has Attention Deficit Disorder, except for me.)
To: randita; Vendome
It’s Homer_J_Simpson"You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Johnny or you can call me Sonny,
or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ… but ya doesn’t hafta call me Johnson."
Thanks ...
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11/15/2013 10:14:37 AM PST
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oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Tailback
This guy
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:16:12 AM PST
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Hoodat
(Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
To: Tailback
Try this site:
http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/search.php?medal=2
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:19:36 AM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:21:10 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: IYAS9YAS
RE: Post #5
Thats the one, Thanks! Paul was awarded the DFC for attacking (F4U Corsair pilot) and sinking a number of the Japanese troop barges trying to land on Bougainville.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:31:16 AM PST
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Tailback
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Thank you for your contributions, I will be forwarding the link to Paul (the Marine WWII veteran) and some of my Wife’s family to see.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:34:00 AM PST
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Tailback
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posted on
11/15/2013 11:06:08 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Tailback
Thats the one, Thanks! Paul was awarded the DFC for attacking (F4U Corsair pilot) and sinking a number of the Japanese troop barges trying to land on Bougainville.You're welcome. One of my Great-Uncles was a Marine Raider in WWII. He was wounded badly on Bougainville. Spent the rest of the war convalescing in Hawaii. His brother, who was in the Navy, would just as soon shoot you if you showed up in a Japanese car at his place (this was in the 70s). The last time I talked with my uncle, he showed me pictures of his time in. Talked a bit about it (apparently, I was one of the only people he ever talked to about it outside his fellow Raiders). I was going through Air Force Survival School in Spokane, WA. He lived there, and picked me up to take me to dinner. It's interesting, he never held a grudge. He was driving an Accord.
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posted on
11/15/2013 11:44:22 AM PST
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IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: IYAS9YAS
HAHA, good story. Paul is the same way, drives a Lexus. He’s 92 and could kick my butt if I looked at him cross.
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posted on
11/16/2013 1:17:35 AM PST
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Tailback
To: smokingfrog
Nope, but cool story anyways.
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11/16/2013 1:18:40 AM PST
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Tailback
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