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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 7:22:26 AM   
grumpyman


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A false fact that has been written in several Marine Corps books is that Don Knotts was a Drill Instructor in the United States Marine Corps. Don does not know how this rumor got stated. It embarrasses him because; he does not think he could have made it through Marine Corps booth camp. For the record he would like people to know that he did service this country but not with the Marines. When he was 19 he joined the army. This is when he got his start in show business. His duties consisted of entertaining the troops. He was in traveling GI variety shows called "Stars and Gripes."

It would have pretty cool though.

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 7:26:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		R Lee Ermey (now seen regularly on the history channel) after medical discharge (bad back I think?) used his GI Bill to study acting in the Phillipines as I vaguely recall it. I thought he auditioned for the role and was selected, but maybe he did replace someone who flubbed it.

I loved the episode of his TV show where he got to drive a LAV into a river and out again. He seemed to be really enjoying himself.

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 7:31:27 AM   
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http://www.rleeermey.com/introindex.php

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 9:17:49 AM   
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"Former U.S. Marine Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was originally hired to give Tim Colceri, who was originally hired to play Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, the basics of giving a realistic performance as a Marine Drill Instructor. He performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse for fifteen minutes without stopping, repeating himself, or even flinching, despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges. Stanley Kubrick was so impressed that he cast Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman instead and cast Colceri as the Doorgunner"

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 11:44:09 AM   
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I had dreams for YEARS after that of being dragged back to bootcamp and serving another 4 years.


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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 2:52:53 PM   
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When I was at boot camp in San Diego in 1973 I could see across the fence in the airport some world war II vintage Japanese aircraft. My memory tells me there was more than one of these aircraft. Does anyone remember these airplanes? What model aircraft were they and what happened to them?


Back to the original question, did these aircraft look flyable? If so, they were probably the American trainers modified for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. I don't know the complete history of those aircraft, but I know they bounced around a bit and ended up with the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force). They still fly the airshow circuit.

If they were in decrepit condition, I'm not sure what they were. A number of Japanese aircraft were evaluated after the war, but a large number were scrapped afterwards. The few that survived were in museum collections by the 1970s. The only Kikka (looks like an Me-262) and the only Shusui (Japanese Me-163 Komet) were in the Planes of Fame in Ontario, CA at that point. Or it may have been Chino. The museum moved at some point in the early 70s. But neither of those locations is anywhere near Pendelton.

BTW, what's TTL? I'm a bit lost on that one.

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 5:58:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have trouble remembering the name of my next-door neighbor. So how come I have no problem remembering my CC MS2 Sensero and I was in Company 212? Wierd how the memory is. Reading about boot-camp and those yellow foot-prints brought back a flood of memories. Ah to be young again, not this squid. hehe. I tell my wife all the time that I never want to be 18 again! But then again, if I had the knowledge that I do now...

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 6:03:40 PM   
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BTW, what's TTL? I'm a bit lost on that one.

Bill


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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 9:31:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: wdolson

quote:

ORIGINAL: grumpyman

When I was at boot camp in San Diego in 1973 I could see across the fence in the airport some world war II vintage Japanese aircraft. My memory tells me there was more than one of these aircraft. Does anyone remember these airplanes? What model aircraft were they and what happened to them?


Back to the original question, did these aircraft look flyable? If so, they were probably the American trainers modified for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. I don't know the complete history of those aircraft, but I know they bounced around a bit and ended up with the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force). They still fly the airshow circuit.

If they were in decrepit condition, I'm not sure what they were. A number of Japanese aircraft were evaluated after the war, but a large number were scrapped afterwards. The few that survived were in museum collections by the 1970s. The only Kikka (looks like an Me-262) and the only Shusui (Japanese Me-163 Komet) were in the Planes of Fame in Ontario, CA at that point. Or it may have been Chino. The museum moved at some point in the early 70s. But neither of those locations is anywhere near Pendelton.

BTW, what's TTL? I'm a bit lost on that one.

Bill


They looked flyable. I have been looking on the net (why I don't know, its not that important). The Tora Tora Tora explanation sounds plausable.

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 10:58:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: grumpyman


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quote:

ORIGINAL: grumpyman

When I was at boot camp in San Diego in 1973 I could see across the fence in the airport some world war II vintage Japanese aircraft. My memory tells me there was more than one of these aircraft. Does anyone remember these airplanes? What model aircraft were they and what happened to them?


Back to the original question, did these aircraft look flyable? If so, they were probably the American trainers modified for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. I don't know the complete history of those aircraft, but I know they bounced around a bit and ended up with the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force). They still fly the airshow circuit.

If they were in decrepit condition, I'm not sure what they were. A number of Japanese aircraft were evaluated after the war, but a large number were scrapped afterwards. The few that survived were in museum collections by the 1970s. The only Kikka (looks like an Me-262) and the only Shusui (Japanese Me-163 Komet) were in the Planes of Fame in Ontario, CA at that point. Or it may have been Chino. The museum moved at some point in the early 70s. But neither of those locations is anywhere near Pendelton.

BTW, what's TTL? I'm a bit lost on that one.

Bill


They looked flyable. I have been looking on the net (why I don't know, its not that important). The Tora Tora Tora explanation sounds plausable.


I don't know about that...I was running chest high into the coffee table in 1973...

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 11:51:48 PM   
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BTW, what's TTL? I'm a bit lost on that one.

Bill


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Thanks. The only explanations I could think of made no sense in context.

Bill

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/4/2007 11:57:50 PM   
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They looked flyable. I have been looking on the net (why I don't know, its not that important). The Tora Tora Tora explanation sounds plausable.



In 1973, I don't think there were any flayable Japanese aircraft from the war. Since then a few Zeros have been put in the air as well as at least one Oscar I recovered from China(though it isn't flown anymore, it's worth too much).

I remember the fanfare when Mitsubishi sponsored the restoration of the A6M5 at Chino. It was the first Japanese aircraft from the war to be put back into the air. The main wing spar had to be replaced with a new one (the original was made of an allow that disintigrated after the war), but they tried to preserve as much of the original plane as possible, even rebuilding the original engine. It's the only Zero flying today with an original Japanese engine. All the others have US engines.

My father and I went out to Chino when the Zero was being rebuilt and they had it parked out on the ramp with the cowling off. My father assumed that it would have a US engine (the Zero's engine was based on a copied US engine), but all the nameplates were in Japanese. That thing gleamed in the sun. It was probably better than factory new at the time.

Bill

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 12:09:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Can't recall any such planes in '93. I only remember the civilian craft and the one time that a C-5 landed. That was the biggest thing I have ever seen in my whole life--that could fly. And it was the only time I remember that the DI's granted eyeball liberty.

With all the San Diego boot talk going on I can't belive none of the PI Marines haven't dropped any "Hollywood" Marine insults. Of course, they are probably still recovering from the sand fleas. Oh! Oh! Ow! Ow! Sand fleas, sir, sand fleas! They hurt, sir!

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 12:52:52 AM   
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Can't recall any such planes in '93. I only remember the civilian craft and the one time that a C-5 landed. That was the biggest thing I have ever seen in my whole life--that could fly. And it was the only time I remember that the DI's granted eyeball liberty.

With all the San Diego boot talk going on I can't belive none of the PI Marines haven't dropped any "Hollywood" Marine insults. Of course, they are probably still recovering from the sand fleas. Oh! Oh! Ow! Ow! Sand fleas, sir, sand fleas! They hurt, sir!


I know when I was in some PI Marines told me that they told that us "Hollywood" Marines were issued sunglasses.

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 1:31:49 AM   
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Can't recall any such planes in '93. I only remember the civilian craft and the one time that a C-5 landed. That was the biggest thing I have ever seen in my whole life--that could fly. And it was the only time I remember that the DI's granted eyeball liberty.

With all the San Diego boot talk going on I can't belive none of the PI Marines haven't dropped any "Hollywood" Marine insults. Of course, they are probably still recovering from the sand fleas. Oh! Oh! Ow! Ow! Sand fleas, sir, sand fleas! They hurt, sir!


I know when I was in some PI Marines told me that they told that us "Hollywood" Marines were issued sunglasses.


And surf boards...

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 2:07:54 AM   
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Can't recall any such planes in '93. I only remember the civilian craft and the one time that a C-5 landed. That was the biggest thing I have ever seen in my whole life--that could fly. And it was the only time I remember that the DI's granted eyeball liberty.

With all the San Diego boot talk going on I can't belive none of the PI Marines haven't dropped any "Hollywood" Marine insults. Of course, they are probably still recovering from the sand fleas. Oh! Oh! Ow! Ow! Sand fleas, sir, sand fleas! They hurt, sir!


I know when I was in some PI Marines told me that they told that us "Hollywood" Marines were issued sunglasses.


And surf boards...


And tickets to San Diego Padres games. I heard that one from the PI boys for years...

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 2:42:03 AM   
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NTC is no longer there Chez...it's part of MCRD now.


Yeah, the only Navy boot camp left is at Great Lakes... who in their right mind would close the two warm weather boot camps and leave open the one place where you can barely march outdoors in the winter!??! That's the military for ya!

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/5/2007 2:59:04 AM   
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now, I do not believe any PI or west coast bootie every made a statement like that !

I do remember coming out of the mess hall, and forming up, when the DI seen somebody flitch from a bite, being told to stand at attention and leave them alone, it was dinner time, and they needed to eat too



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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/6/2007 2:45:30 AM   
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NOT LUDWIG VAN!!!

No, not Ludwig Van, oh my droog. Maybe one synthamesc too many at the ole Moloko, or perhaps a bit too much of the ole in-out-in-out, but I seem to remember, way, way back, on what's now the freeway side (opposite ya'lls side), in the old Ryan buildings, there was a group of enthusaists that were rebuilding some 'crates'. Maybe some Navy guys and/or Marines with extra time on their hands. Didn't last long; buildings got sold and utilized, and a lot of folks went out to Brackett Field in Pomona (La Verne).

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/6/2007 3:14:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		My father told a story from PI that if the company performed well during training they would be allowed to stand at attention on the pavement (fewer sand fleas) but if someone screwed up then thay had to stand on the grass (many sandfleas).

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RE: OT: a question for the jarheads - 8/6/2007 9:57:20 AM   
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Oh man, I'll never forget that DI gettng on the bus and using every 4 letter word in the book to get us on those yellow footprints. I stil remember the date, July 9th, 1985! 
I had dreams for YEARS after that of being dragged back to bootcamp and serving another 4 years.

Been there!

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