VMF-214 Blacksheep Photos

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corsairboss

VMF-214 Blacksheep Photos

Mon May 29, 2006 11:45 am

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Here are 4 photos of Pappy Boyington, they are the Originals that I have from one of the Blacksheep.
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Mon May 29, 2006 1:56 pm

Wow! Thx so much for posting those. They're obviously from his 'homecoming' at NAS Alameda in 1945.

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Mon May 29, 2006 2:42 pm

They really are marvelous. Thank you for sharing these with us.

I love that last shot, with the Corsair that the PR guys must have prepped for a photo shoot.
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Mon May 29, 2006 4:12 pm

Nice shots.
Here's a couple of my originals.
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F4U-1A B/N 17829 VMF-214Torokina
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B/Ns 17884 & 17840 VMF-214 Torokina
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F4U-1A VMF-214 Torokina
mike furline

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Mon May 29, 2006 4:36 pm

Did Boyington do anymore flying in the Marine Corps after returning home?

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Mon May 29, 2006 6:00 pm

I consulted my copy of Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Boyington doesn't mention any miltary flying after he was repatriated.

He writes that the Medical Department of the Navy recommended that he be retired "because of injuries received during the war", and then he insinuates that the Marine Corps didn't want him back.

(p. 362, 1977 Bantam paperback edition)
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Mon May 29, 2006 8:08 pm

I consulted my copy of Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Boyington doesn't mention any miltary flying after he was repatriated.
He writes that the Medical Department of the Navy recommended that he be retired "because of injuries received during the war", and then he insinuates that the Marine Corps didn't want him back.
(p. 362, 1977 Bantam paperback edition)

You'd be better off getting your info from a comic book!

He was medically retired not because off any injuries because he was embarassing the Corps and was becoming, once again, (has in his pre-AVG days) a royal pain in the *ss.
He was so healthy after being released from POW camp that he passed a flight physical within weeks and was advised to lose a couple lbs!!
READ GAMBLE's Book! But only if you can handle the truth!
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Tue May 30, 2006 11:55 am

Great photos.
corsairboss

Blacksheep Photos

Tue May 30, 2006 1:17 pm

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and The Best one of them All..!!!
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I have a few more that are going to be printed in publication soon, that have never been printed before so I have to hang on to those ones.
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Tue May 30, 2006 2:51 pm

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the pics.
P-40 and Corsair, beautiful pics.

SPang
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