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Old 25th of September 2008 (Thu)   #1
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Caught a couple of transient Marine Corps birds at Williams Gateway Airport this afternoon. 40D + 100-400

Would have shot through the fence but wouldn't have been able to see anything from ground level due to maintenance vehicles parked between me and them so I stood on a small hill and shot over the fence instead:

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"Graceful Dismount" (Con-Air flight taxiing out behind him...)


"Roast Marine With Apple Garnish"


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Nice candid captures, #1 being my fav . great clarity
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Nice candid captures, #1 being my fav . great clarity
Thanks!

I guess I must have stunned the rest of the group into submission...
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Hey Jay, how come it says Wake Island 1941 on it.. Any idea? Great shots BTW
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Hey Jay, how come it says Wake Island 1941 on it.. Any idea? Great shots BTW
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Great shots! The sharpness is scary.
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A tribute to Capt. Henry T. "Hammering Hank" Elrod, USMC. Elrod was awarded a posthumous Medal Of Honor for heroism in the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. That is the MOH ribbon painted on the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T._Elrod
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A tribute to Capt. Henry T. "Hammering Hank" Elrod, USMC. Elrod was awarded a posthumous Medal Of Honor for heroism in the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. That is the MOH ribbon painted on the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T._Elrod
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A closer look at the badge on the far aircraft:
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Nice set. Like that first one.
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