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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:33 pm 
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... And since it's WIX's alumni and banned member forgiveness week. :wink:
Per request ... (it's the addiction in me) Also I've been lectured to death about not allowing the Trolls to win ... :axe: :butthead:

Leon Polzin Tinian 504th BG ... really good stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxntx-pnPE

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:42 pm 
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Forgot to mention, If you look real close at the photos you'll find a major surprise I bet most of you didn't know happened in the Pacific theater .... 8)

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Very happy to see that name on a new post!
Thanks Mark! :drink3:

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Awesome - those are great shots - I have been to several of those blown out buildings on Tinian.

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Mark Allen M wrote:
Forgot to mention, If you look real close at the photos you'll find a major surprise I bet most of you didn't know happened in the Pacific theater .... 8)

Guess I'm not looking close enough? But I was surprised to see a baseball field complete with dugout and bleachers... :D

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I get the connection to the other thread :lol:


I don't see what you're talking about in the pictures. Do you have a hint?


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japanese ground crew waving off a Betty - which probably happened quite a few times in the Pacific theatre


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