VF-17 Jolly Rogers
Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:55 pm
VF-17 squadron photo at NAS Ford Island before leaving for their 1st combat tour. I have this original signed by every pilot on the back
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:39 pm
jack, to cool!!! how did you manage to get all the sigs??
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Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:45 pm
They all signed it in 43. All the pilots inc guys who were later lost =.
Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:14 pm
that explains that!!! i was wondering how you could be so lucky!! glad it survived your fire tragedy a few years back!!
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Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:32 pm
Jack,you are truely blessed.Thanks for posting
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Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:43 pm
glad it survived your fire tragedy a few years back!!
2 years 6 months 12 days but who's counting
Nothing like a good ol chest made of solid oak
Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:24 am
Would you be able to identify all the faces for us? I've read Blackburn's book "The Jolly Rogers" backwards and forwards more times than I probably remember...one of my favorite books, so I have a pretty good familiarity with most of the names, but none of faces.
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Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:08 pm
I'll unframe the photo and get all the names right. I used to be able to name them all by site.
Top row
#3 Dirty Eddie March, #6 Duke Henning-IO, #13 Beads Popp
3rd Row
#1 Lem Cooke, #5 Jack Chasnoff #6 Fatso Ellsworth, #7 Chico Freeman-KIA,
2nd Row
#1 Teeth Burris-KIA, #3 Hal Jackson, #5 Roger Hedrick, #6 Tom Blackburn,
Front row
#3 Tim Gile, #4 Tom Killefer
Top row
#3 Dirty Eddie March, #6 Duke Henning-IO, #13 Beads Popp
3rd Row
#1 Lem Cooke, #5 Jack Chasnoff #6 Fatso Ellsworth, #7 Chico Freeman-KIA,
2nd Row
#1 Teeth Burris-KIA, #3 Hal Jackson, #5 Roger Hedrick, #6 Tom Blackburn,
Front row
#3 Tim Gile, #4 Tom Killefer
Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:47 pm
Jack,
I see you've posted a new avitar I didn't know you'd ever met my second ex wife----let alone have her photo too
I see you've posted a new avitar I didn't know you'd ever met my second ex wife----let alone have her photo too