In article <9253pd919ls1nangl63habd674rr2dsbca@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 6 Sep 2018 13:42:37 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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>>In article <zPekD.14546$SN2.10632@fx38.iad>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>Definitely makes for a nice little weekend project...pull it out of the
>>muck...scrape off some mud...stick on some tinfoil to cover all the rough
>>exposed parts using a little Elmer's...then brag about buying it as government
>>surplus.
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>>...frankly...not that big of a deal!
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>Here is the story on the aircraft and two more images. The picture
>with all the Guadalcanal locals is showing them in the process of
>recovering the remains of the pilot.
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What's disappointing is that it took all this time for someone to finally be
able to retrieve the pilot remains after all these decades...makes one wonder
how many other similar situations like this are out there...and whether DOD
still has them in their computer systems as a reminder.
At age 17 (his picture in Marine uniform makes him look no older than 15), my
uncle, lying about his age, joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor...wounded
within a week after landing on Guadalcanal! VA still looked after him when his
wounds occasionally gave him problems...even after he turned 80.
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