[eeman]

Ironically, Marine Corps Pilot Jeff Deblanc was featured tonight on "dogfights" on the History Channel. I presume everyone who is reading this thread is familiar with the show, "dogfights." If you have not seen it, however, you need to watch it. Tonight's episode detailing the air battles over Guadalcanal will be repeated on June 29. Here is a brief description of the show from the History Channel website.

August 1942... the Solomon Islands. Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal. Legendary Marine Capt. John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett pit their tough 4F4 Wildcats against the relentless Japanese Zeros. At stake--the fate of the Pacific War.

[kms61]

I know, that’s what made me google him. I had read about Col Deblanc, but didn’t know all the details. I may have gone to college with his grandson—a Jeff Deblanc from the New Iberia-St Martinville area. If not his grandson, I’m sure they’re related somehow.