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On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:55:36 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2013-12-09 13:05:10 +0000, Charles Lindbergh said:

On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 10:37:29 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2013-12-08 18:33:54 +0000, Savageduck said:

On 2013-12-08 14:05:02 +0000, Charles Lindbergh said:



All that said, your Lindbergh memorabilia signature is a handsome piece and as
long as you have the proper supporting provenance, I suspect it might be
considered moderately valuable.

Signed on Biak Island when Lindbergh flew two missions with the 9th
Fighter Squadron as my father's wingman.
My father flew two tours 1943 through 1945, through New Guinea, Rabaul,
Borneo, Leyte, Linguyen, Manila, Okinawa, and Tokio.
https://db.tt/uHYaWaFm

Your father sounds like a patriot.

Just a young guy who thought Pearl Harbor was a girl, and he wasn't
going to let the Japanese get away with attacking her.

He loved flying, but life was interrupted by a war, that made the
flying and people he met a whole lot more interesting. His First tour
ended in November 1944 and he could only tolerate 2 weeks of the
boredom back in the mainland before returning to the Philippines to
finish out the war.

He flew escort for the Japanese surrender negotiators and the
"Surrender Betty" to and from Ie Shima on August 19,1945. On August 29,
1945 he was one of the 8 P-38 flyers making up the MacArthur Honor
flight becoming the first tactical group to land in, and occupy Japan.
After the signing of the surrender on the Missouri on September 2, 1945
he had 75 service points and had no option but to be shipped back to
the mainland where he was at Luke Field and Chanute Field until he left
the service in 1947.

He is still kicking, a healthy 90 year old.


I wager your father never bragged about his service, as my father never did. A
significant lesson I learned from my Dad which strongly influenced my personal
career in the USMC.