Full title: The 'Black Sheep' of the Pacific War in color: Legendary fighter squadron who shot down 203 Japanese planes in WW2 are brought to life in colorized photos
1 posted on
02/08/2018 8:07:11 AM PST by
DFG
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To: DFG
That was awesome! Thank you for posting it!
2 posted on
02/08/2018 8:12:59 AM PST by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: DFG
I believe Col Boyington is third from the right in the first row.
3 posted on
02/08/2018 8:16:27 AM PST by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: DFG
Todays WW2 vets are at a point where Civil war vets were in the 1930s. Very few of them left and probably in the next 10 years there will none. I’m glad a lot of them are still around though to have seen the career felon Hillary Clinton and her cabal thwarted and the country saved. If Trump does nothing else, beating her in my mind was probably the greatest single act any politician ever did for this country, maybe only 2nd to George Washington refusing to act as King, but Trump winning, my God we didn’t dodge a bullet, we dodged Armageddon.
4 posted on
02/08/2018 8:17:09 AM PST by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
To: DFG
Probably Kodachrome, look at it pop off the screen.
6 posted on
02/08/2018 8:22:58 AM PST by
ltc8k6
To: DFG
No diversity, no trans, no queers, no women, no disabled...
How the heck did they win the fight?
8 posted on
02/08/2018 8:24:02 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: DFG
9 posted on
02/08/2018 8:25:09 AM PST by
rlmorel
(Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
To: DFG
My dad,who was in the Army Air Core in WW2,told me stories about these guys. He said they would get liquored up,take off and go hunting Japs.
13 posted on
02/08/2018 8:27:26 AM PST by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: DFG
Wait, there are no women or trannies in that group. How could we possibly have won the war?
17 posted on
02/08/2018 8:31:03 AM PST by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: DFG
Great post. I met Col Boyington in the 1970s. He was re-married then and sober, but still feisty. Some WW II vets who were in the Pacific theater took issue with the television show and its “liberties” with reality (beautiful nurses, etc.). Boyington shouted back: “I just told you! That Hollywood crap is pure fiction! I don’t write the F-cking script!”
Lol.
18 posted on
02/08/2018 8:31:26 AM PST by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: DFG
No Blacks!!!!
#@$&% Raciss’ mofo’s!!!
To: DFG
Boyington himself sitting in the bucket of his F4U-1 with 'birdcage' cockpit.
The poor forward visibility from the low seat kept the F4U from deployed on carriers until 45' when it was corrected.
To: DFG
Recommended reading:
21 posted on
02/08/2018 8:34:29 AM PST by
BenLurkin
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To: DFG
Loved the TV show adaptation.
Must have been 20 something years since it was last on.
To: DFG
28 posted on
02/08/2018 8:47:25 AM PST by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: DFG
I just love that Vought F4-U Corsair. Such a sexy plane. But I hear the tail dragger was a royal beeyotch to land. Zero visibilty over the nose cowling.
35 posted on
02/08/2018 8:59:43 AM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
To: DFG
When I was a kid, I actually got to meet Pappy. I was to young at the time to understand the significance but I remember thinking that the guy was tough as nails.
41 posted on
02/08/2018 9:18:16 AM PST by
taxcontrol
(SStupid should hurt)
To: DFG
I read an article once about a Black Sheep Squadron veteran who was a lawyer. He was pretty irritated at the TV show, especially when a judge said something like “why should I believe a schemer from that unit?”
48 posted on
02/08/2018 9:35:49 AM PST by
\/\/ayne
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To: DFG
Picture sure to trigger some race hustler.
To: DFG
Picture sure to trigger some race hustler.
To: DFG
Thank you for posting this. Excellent photos! Had the privilege of meeting Pappy at an airshow in Merced, CA many years ago. He was very grumpy, but I shook his hand and thank him for his service anyway. He signed a poster for me that I gave to a friend as a gift. I’ll never forget it.
60 posted on
02/08/2018 10:07:14 AM PST by
cld51860
(Volo pro veritas)
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