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Offline MrGeezer

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Pappy Pics For surfinn
« on: April 04, 2014, 12:35:16 PM »
I know surfinn may peruse the boards now and then but I don't know his forum ID....I promised him these pictures of Lt. Col Greg Boyington that my (then girlfriend) wife and I took at an air show where I interviewed him for my radio show.  We had done three previous radio interviews before the air show.  The guy was a hero but was just like the guy next door in real life.  He is sadly missed  :salute

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Offline CASHEW

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2014, 12:46:57 PM »
<S> Greatly Missed! VERY COOL THOuGH!!  :old:
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Offline bacon8tr

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2014, 01:12:03 PM »
I had the honor of meeting Boyington and shaking his hand several times as a kid.  He was a regular fixture at the POF airshows in Chino.   :salute
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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2014, 03:22:55 PM »
Wow.  That is really cool.  Sadly, too many people do not who he was. 
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Offline shermanjr

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2014, 11:55:34 PM »
legend in the corps  :salute to sad many of these great men go unnoticed
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2014, 08:14:53 AM »
great story...thanks for the share, ROX..
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Offline bortas1

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2014, 04:31:55 PM »
 :salute anyone remember ba ba black sheep?
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Offline surfinn

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2014, 07:07:01 PM »
Thank you very much for that. If you ever decide to sell any of your autographed items please PM me.  I grew up watching ba ba black sheep. As an adult I looked up Pappys history and was a bigger fan of the real man.  :rock
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Offline Blinder

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2014, 07:35:16 PM »
Quote from: bortas1 on April 07, 2014, 04:31:55 PM
:salute anyone remember ba ba black sheep?

How could I ever forget? That was my favorite tv show of all time!




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Offline lunatic1

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Re: Pappy Pics For surfinn
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2014, 04:19:22 PM »
robert conrad was the perfect choice to play pappy boyington :aok
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