VF-17 Jolly Roger Pilots
Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:35 pm
VF-17 pilots by the squadron scoreboard on Bouganville March 1944
(L-R) LT Oc Chenoweth-ace, Ens Jim Dixon, Ens Danny Cunningham-ace and LTjg Lou Fitzgerald
Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:55 pm
Any more? CO Tom Blackburn's book "The Jolly Rogers" still is one of my favorite reads. It's great to put faces to the names.
Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:05 am
that beard must have raised the dander of alot of marine brass big shots!!! truly impressive back drop, numbers just don't cut it as to their contribution to the war effort, that backdrop has impact !!
Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:01 am
he may have had a medical condition that excused him for it. I know a lot of guys couldn't shave or their hair follicles curled the hair into their necks and got infected...maybe he had the same problem?
Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:59 am
muddy......... you mean psuedofolliculitus........ not sure how it's spelled!! quite common ailment with black men too.
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Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:05 am
How about just that a lot of them grew breads out there with
Blackburn's OK. He was more of a results type guy.
Blackburn's OK. He was more of a results type guy.
Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:31 am
muddyboots wrote:he may have had a medical condition that excused him for it. I know a lot of guys couldn't shave or their hair follicles curled the hair into their necks and got infected...maybe he had the same problem?
In the Royal Navy, a 'full set' (beard and moustache) are acceptable. As the US Marines are obviously just a colonial copy of the Royal Marines, maybe...
OK, OK, I'm leaving...
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Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:47 am
Except of course they're Navy not Marines which has you ALL know is part of the Navy 
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