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Jack Cook
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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.
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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 !!

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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?

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muddy......... you mean psuedofolliculitus........ not sure how it's spelled!! quite common ailment with black men too.

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How about just that a lot of them grew breads out there with
Blackburn's OK. He was more of a results type guy.

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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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Except of course they're Navy not Marines which has you ALL know is part of the Navy :shock: :idea: .

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