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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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Brad
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I went to my tribal and ancestral home in Texas before going up to Olympia for the airshow. Oddly enough, my old friend Gary Austin was on the same airplane as I was from Midland to Dallas! Anyhow, I found these first five pictures in some of my Granddaddy’s stuff.

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My aunt had these until recently and nobody else had ever seen them. He was a surgical tech in the 77th infantry. I know these pictures were taken on Ie Shima. I remember him talking about the Japanese arriving to surrender.

These first five pictures have never been seen outside of my family as far as I know, but that doesn't make them rare! In fact, it seems the arrival of the Betty Bombers was pretty well documented!

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These remaining pictures are some of his that I have probably posted here before.

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Fantastic pics, thanks for posting!

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Great stuff .... Thanks for posting the photos. .... :D :D :D
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those are just AWESOME! Any idea what happened to the 24's?

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Good to see you posting again Brad.

That 24 nose art is very elaborate. I'd love to see "Cocktail Hour" in color!
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other than the japanese aircraft surrender pics & the b-24 "dragon & his tail" these are all new to me & excellent!!

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Do you have any shots of the inside of the 24, I'm working with a PB4Y-2 and could use a little help. Great Shots ! I have the DRAGON AND HIS TAIL on the wall at home in color. Thanks -JOE

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Awesome stuff man.

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Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
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Great Pic's, I am constantly amazed with the stuff that shows up here! And, let's face it, if those nose arts showed up on a current rendition it would be "Banned in Boston" all over again!--- If my memory serves me the "Japanese Betty Peace flight" landed at Okinawa. Correct?

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IE Shima

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That's a keeper, thanks!!!!
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Hi Brad,
Good to see you around!!!!

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Great pics guys :)
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