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re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:00 pm to sqerty
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:00 pm to sqerty
Jefferson DeBlanc of St Martinville, LA
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Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc (February 15, 1921 – November 22, 2007) was an American World War II Marine Corps fighter pilot and flying ace, credited with shooting down nine Japanese aircraft during two tours of duty in the Pacific at Guadalcanal and Okinawa. On January 31, 1943, despite mechanical problems with his aircraft, he pressed forward with a mission and shot down five Japanese aircraft in minutes before being shot down himself. DeBlanc parachuted to safety and was rescued by native islanders, traded for a sack of rice, and picked up by a Navy seaplane. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve until 1972. In that time, he also taught school and completed graduate and doctoral degrees in math, physics and education
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After returning to the U.S., DeBlanc continued his education – earning a B.S. degree in physics and math from Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1947; an M.A. Education (physics) from Louisiana State University in 1951 and a second master's degree in Education (mathematics) in 1963; and earning a doctorate (Ed.D) in Education from McNeese State University in 1973.
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Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:04 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:04 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:05 pm to Kafka
I don't want to see the previous panel
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:06 pm to Kafka
Just remember -- it's our secret
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:07 pm to Kafka
Nogger lover
Posted on 2/12/24 at 8:48 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/12/24 at 8:51 pm to Kafka
That must be Mr. Dong.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:10 pm to footswitch
Hulk only pawn in game of life
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:10 pm to chinhoyang
Is that Theresa Caputto?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:12 pm to Kafka
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Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc (February 15, 1921 – November 22, 2007) was an American World War II Marine Corps fighter pilot and flying ace, credited with shooting down nine Japanese aircraft during two tours of duty in the Pacific at Guadalcanal and Okinawa. On January 31, 1943, despite mechanical problems with his aircraft, he pressed forward with a mission and shot down five Japanese aircraft in minutes before being shot down himself. DeBlanc parachuted to safety and was rescued by native islanders, traded for a sack of rice, and picked up by a Navy seaplane. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve until 1972. In that time, he also taught school and completed graduate and doctoral degrees in math, physics
I wonder if he was a decendent of Confederate Colonel Alcibiades DeBlanc, also of St. Martinville? My great, great grandfather, also from St. Martinsville served under him until the end of the war when they surrendered to the Yanks.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 12:03 am to chinhoyang
Lovely. Not a tattoo in sight.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 1:33 am to doublecutter
Deblanc was featured on an episode of "Dogfights" on the History Channel.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:11 am to RollTide1987
Players of the Alabama Crimson Tide take the oath of enlistment to enter into the U.S. Marine Corps at halftime of their November 28, 1942, game against George Pre-Flight in Birmingham.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 5:12 am
Posted on 2/13/24 at 7:16 am to La Place Mike
She is not Agnes Moorehead, she is Ava Gardner.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 7:28 am
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:44 am to RollTide1987
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Players of the Alabama Crimson Tide take the oath of enlistment to enter into the U.S. Marine Corps at halftime of their November 28, 1942, game against George Pre-Flight in Birmingham.
Damn, No. 29 looked like he would be too old to join the military. Life was hard for people in that era of American History.
My now late father-in-law joined the Navy in 42 and lied about his age to do so since he was only 16 at the time.
He wound up in the Pacific most of the war and piloted troops to the beaches for amphibious landings in those open transport vessels as part of his duty. My wife has an 8 x 10 picture of him from his boot camp days and he looks to be about 25 in that photo.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:53 am to gumbo2176
Posted on 2/13/24 at 10:26 am to sqerty
Markie Post in "Buck Rogers" (1979)
Posted on 2/13/24 at 10:27 am to chinhoyang
Barbara Eden in the 1st episode of I Dream of Jeannie
Posted on 2/13/24 at 10:28 am to chinhoyang
"Dad Jams with the Band" painting by John Falter
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