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  • Marines bring in his Wildcat

    06/08/2007 8:42:39 PM PDT · by kms61 · 57 replies · 2,167+ views
    Daily Iberian ^ | June 7, 2007 | Alicia Duplessis
    It wasn’t for keeps or to park in his garage, but being surprised with the type of aircraft he used to shoot down six Japanese fighter planes over the Pacific Ocean in 1943 set up a memorable day for retired U.S. Marine Corps pilot Jeff DeBlanc, 86, of St. Martinville. “I am so very humbled and it’s so nice to see everyone who came out to do this for me,” said DeBlanc as he looked into the crowd sprinkled with young uniformed officers. “As one Marine to another I look at them as veterans that survived the war just like...