"Matthew Phillips" (flatsidewaysfl)
09/01/2015 at 08:00 • Filed to: None
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"Matthew Phillips" (flatsidewaysfl)
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I found something cooool.
Found this old letter from a soldier in an old book.
My journalism teacher is encouraging us to use a new blog.... You’ll want to see this
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Matthew Phillips
09/01/2015 at 08:53 |
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Very interesting. I wonder which Carthage his Aunt Amee lived in. Missouri is the highest population, but that doesn’t rule out Carthage, TX, MS, TN, or NC. I think we can probably push Carthage, NY down the list - doesn’t sound as likely to have a legendary Aunt Amee and her cooking (regional bias). There’s an interesting note in this article about tours of Greece, so ~1949 is very possible for the letter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Junea…
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Matthew Phillips
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/01/2015 at 09:06 |
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That’s a good question, the book and letter was in Lynchburg Va, but it’s still hard to pinpoint.
1949 is still pretty cool !
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Matthew Phillips
09/01/2015 at 09:21 |
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It looks like with the post-war activities of Communist forces in Greece, the US decided to send the Navy there to show the flag, and build ties with war-recovering Greece, so that’s one of the most likely times. There’s no mention of active war, which pretty much would ban ‘50-’53 and ~’66 on. Here’s one of the only biplanes I’ve found so far that matches his description, or almost:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payne_Kni…
Gnarly.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Matthew Phillips
09/01/2015 at 09:26 |
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If we’re off on the date or he is off slightly on the dimensions, the biplane could also be a Baby Lakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldfield_…