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11  "Been Eating In The Mess hall!" - it seemed like that too much grease was used in the mess hall chow at Udorn, and those who were scheduled to fly, did not visited the chow hall for this reason - well, most Jolly Green crews did not eat breakfast there.....

 

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12 "PJ and his gun" I drew while at Udorn (70-71) - Jolly Green BUFF minigun position at the open ramp....

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13  Drew this for one of the PJ Reunions at Albuquerque - it shows the various types of parachutes used since Pararescue came into existence....

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14  Drew this for one of the PJ Reunions at Albuquerque - it shows the various types of parachutes used since Pararescue came into existence....

 

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15  This drawing I made for one of the Pararescue Association Cookbooks

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16  "Six Emblems" I made for PJ comrades, depicting six qualification emblems, known by those who were there - - the Son Tay Raid emblem I drew the day after the raid - it was adopted by the aircrews, pararescuemen and Special Forces men, who were on this raid to free USA prisoners - -during this mission, I was on one of the two Jollies orbiting at 'Fishes Mouth', with the intent to rescue any downed raiders - - fortunately, none were downed on this brilliantly executed rescue attempt!

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17  "Avalanche Fiasco" - drew this cartoon per request of Gene Nardi (71 ARRS, Elmendorf) and gave it to him - he subsequently forwarded it to a local area newspaper - at the time, I no longer was a PJ, but was on this particular search mission with the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, which located and dug up the body....

 

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18  The "Fast Pickup Snatch" cartoon came in response to us (in the Udorn BUFFs) orbiting for hours, while the Sandies and Fast-Movers sanitized the area around a downed aircrew member - then a DaNang-based HH-3 'Nitnoy' was ordered to do the pickup - "We had been in orbit too long," we were told.....

19  "Spectre" gunships were stationed at Ubon (south of Udorn) - whenever the Jolly crews were TDY at Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, they could buy no drinks at the NCO Club, having rescued some of the Specter troops - I made this poster for them, which supposedly was taken to Hurlburt Field after the war was over....

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20  This is a small portion of a cartoon I drew for the Air Rescue Troops during the "Iraqi War" - it depicts such of the locations and witty comments.....

 

21 "Thank You!" I drew for one of the PJ Reunion wall-posters....

22  "Pickup Scenario" is obviously very much exaggerated to cause some chuckles by those who had the experience.....

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23  "Ubon Jolly Alert Hut" - I sketched this one, while on one of the three-day TDYs - this shack also housed the FAC alert crews - seated is Jolly Green FE Turbifield.....

 

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24  Another example of weird humor, depicting a problematic air-refueling attempt during air turbulence.....

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25  "Crossing The Fence" depicts a common team of aircraft/aircrew to go across the Mekong River out of NKP for a precautionary orbit over an assigned combat area - 2 Jolly Greens, at least 2 Sandies, an OV-10 FAC, and the high-flying "King" HH-130 bird......

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