Correction to my last message. Only three crew members were lost, the remainder were recovered and some were POW's until the end of the war. The Tokyo Raiders held their last reunion in 2013 ;...
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Correction to my last message. Only three crew members were lost, the remainder were recovered and some were POW's until the end of the war. The Tokyo Raiders held their last reunion in 2013 ;...
Some of the crews were lost but not all of them by far. BIll
I don't get any photos!
No picture! BIll Hughes
Frankfurt au Main?
I get no picture? Bill
Mark, I got this photo good , don't know what you did but it works. The msg. you sent with the link did not work, when I clicked on it I got "This connection is untrustworthy".
Thanks Bill Hughes
Mark I haven't been able to see any photos for several days. Bill
I don't see any photo? Bill
For ABPOS. Your friends were wrong. The AF had several bases in Thailand, Udorn and Ubon for two. We had both fighter bombers, recce and SAC stationed there from at least from 1966 until the end...
Picture one is a burial at sea service. Bill
Great photos. I seem to remember that there was a movie made about this unit, Started with them training in Montana. Bill Hughes
I don't see any jap infantry in these photos, only American GIs. Bill Hughes
John, congratuations on finding such a historical item. But, why do children sell their parents items like this. I just can't understand it. Bill Hughes
looks to me like he is drinking from a coconut. Bill
I was on Peleliu for a day in 1955 and there were still plenty of war trash remaining around. I spent most of the week on Angar , an island just several miles south of Peleliu. The marines took...
Harlan, I believe that John served 20 years plus in the Navy. He was an E-8 or E-9. John , am I correct? Bill Hughes
What a contrast on the faces from the previous photo! Bill
Sorry to report that Phil Piazza, President of the Merrills Marauders Assoc. Passed away today, Another hero is gone. Bill Hughes
I spent many an hour at the nav. position on AF C-47s. Can you believe a flight from Travis AFB Ca. to Hickam AFB in Hawaii. I believe the Navy R4Ds had slightly larger engines that the AF C-47s. ...
Enjoyed the photos of Merrills Marauders. A friend of mine and also a local rotarian, as am I, is the President of the Merrills Marauders Association and I have heard him speak numerious times on...
Auction arms has a Krag listed for sale, item # 10255508. It is listed as a 1899 Krag Phillipiine Constabulary Carbine. The serial number is 228290. This is way too low for a constabulary carbine...
You see them for sale for $900 to $1100. Bill
Is there a source where one can purchase the brass circles the are use for Finnish unit markings? These can be either unit marked or blank and are found on stocks of rifles and grip of pistols....
According to Dick Hosmer's book the 1866 Rifle did not have any serial
Numbers. Bill Hugfhes