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CaptBeefheart -> OT: Archie Vandegrift's Great-Great Grandson (10/22/2021 2:00:11 AM)

I figure you gents are about the only people I know who will appreciate this story, so here it goes. There I was a couple of days ago walking the flight line at the Seoul Air Show and I came up to a USMC AH-1Z Viper attack helo. The captain in front had "Vandegrift" on his flight suit badge, so like any decent player of this game I asked if he was at all related to a gentleman named Archer, and he answered that Marine service runs in his family and that the general was indeed his great-great grandfather. I didn't get a chance to talk much, since they were about to move his bird, but he mentioned he was based at MCAS Futenma on Okinawa.

Cheers,
CB



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Archie Vandegrift's Great-Great Grandson (10/22/2021 2:50:13 AM)

Cool! Would have been much better if you could have taken him for a beer and asked about family stories of Gen. Vandegrift. Always nice to get a sense of what a hero was like when he wasn't saving the world! [sm=00000436.gif]



CaptBeefheart -> RE: OT: Archie Vandegrift's Great-Great Grandson (10/22/2021 5:04:48 AM)

That would have been great. I've found it's tough to meet those guys after the show even pre-Covid, as their ROKAF hosts tend to keep them busy. Anyway, I settled for a handshake and telling my Korean colleague that his great-great grandfather was a famous WWII general. Of course, she had no idea on any of it, including Guadalcanal.

Cheers,
CB



btd64 -> RE: OT: Archie Vandegrift's Great-Great Grandson (10/22/2021 11:14:10 AM)

Very cool....GP



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