It’s upsetting that this Hero’s efforts are lost today on a generation of increasingly socialist, entitleist ingrates.
Thank you for Everything, Colonel.
Jackass Jimmy - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
Just so you don’t think we are under appreciating the good Colonel, Whistler, a few of us did note his passing here, and noted that he had a pair of big brass ones like nobody else!
Proof - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
Sorry I missed that one Proof. I don’t think it hurts to mention it an extra time.
The Whistler - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
I don’t think it hurts to mention it an extra time.
I agree! I didn’t mean to imply otherwise. Men like this are not celebrated enough. I just didn’t want you to think that maybe some here didn’t share your admiration of the man if they didn’t happen to comment again!
Proof - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
A true American hero. Men like this don’t grow on trees, they are a rare breed.
AR-15 - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
I don’t think it hurts to mention it an extra time.
I agree! I didn’t mean to imply otherwise. Men like this are not celebrated enough.
Hear, hear!
Semper Fi, Marine! Thank you for your service!
Greg in Alabama - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
Where do we get such men?
Move_Zig - 07:07pm on 07/05/2009
Toot,
You posted a mystery of a photo.
Why?
Because I was under the impression that the F4U-1D Chance-Vought Corsair was initially given to the Navy, but when the pilots complained that seeing around the huge nose was nearly impossible (very dangerous on the close quarters of a carrier deck and when the wrong turn took you into the drink) and thus the Marines magically got an aircraft nearly 100 knots faster than the Zeke. This was during wartime.
The Navy, instead, got the F6F Hellcat, more than a match for the Zeke / Zero and far more suited for carrier deck operations.
Also, the red stripe in the wings of the national insignia weren’t added until 1947. So what you are seeing is a Corsair in Navy, post-1947 markings. There are always exceptions to the rule, but it was my understanding that the Corsair was pretty much a land-based Marine aircraft by then.
(Also, wasn’t the Navy transitioning to the F8F by then?)
For the most part, the former served in the ground-attack role hauling bombs, napalm and air-to-ground rockets against Communist forces while the -5 variant was modified into a night fighter. Later, Corsairs saw action with the French in Indo-China and the Mid-East, and in numerous Latin American conflicts of the 1950’s and ‘60s.
It’s upsetting that this Hero’s efforts are lost today on a generation of increasingly socialist, entitleist ingrates.
Thank you for Everything, Colonel.
Just so you don’t think we are under appreciating the good Colonel, Whistler, a few of us did note his passing here, and noted that he had a pair of big brass ones like nobody else!
Sorry I missed that one Proof. I don’t think it hurts to mention it an extra time.
I agree! I didn’t mean to imply otherwise. Men like this are not celebrated enough. I just didn’t want you to think that maybe some here didn’t share your admiration of the man if they didn’t happen to comment again!
A true American hero. Men like this don’t grow on trees, they are a rare breed.
Hear, hear!
Semper Fi, Marine! Thank you for your service!
Where do we get such men?
Toot,
You posted a mystery of a photo.
Why?
Because I was under the impression that the F4U-1D Chance-Vought Corsair was initially given to the Navy, but when the pilots complained that seeing around the huge nose was nearly impossible (very dangerous on the close quarters of a carrier deck and when the wrong turn took you into the drink) and thus the Marines magically got an aircraft nearly 100 knots faster than the Zeke. This was during wartime.
The Navy, instead, got the F6F Hellcat, more than a match for the Zeke / Zero and far more suited for carrier deck operations.
Also, the red stripe in the wings of the national insignia weren’t added until 1947. So what you are seeing is a Corsair in Navy, post-1947 markings. There are always exceptions to the rule, but it was my understanding that the Corsair was pretty much a land-based Marine aircraft by then.
(Also, wasn’t the Navy transitioning to the F8F by then?)
Interesting.
Well shut my mouth.
Check it out.
Aircraft insignia
This guys sounded like one tough hombre. These WWII vets are a treasure and the greatest generation.