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Next on the hit parade of my B-2 Pin-Up designs for the crews of the 509th Bomb Wing USAF at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. Dedicated to the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber "Spirit of America".Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Apple Macintosh Power PC G4, OS 9.2
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what a spirit...
I agree, after you made them all make a joint-deviation, will rock!
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Thanks, these have been a lot of fun to do. From what I'm hearing, the crews really like them. -YD
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Another great piece from you, you know my admiration
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Nice work. An excellent design. I've always been kind of a military history buff.
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Thanks! I've always liked history, aircraft nose art, pin-up art and airplanes and this project has given me a chance to combine them all. -YD
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And you've done a great job of it. Is this an ongoing series? I've noticed you've done others. And just out of curiosity, have you studied much nose art. I know there are entire books devoted to just the nose art of the aircraft of WWII.
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Thanks! Yes, there are going to be 22 of them to represent each of the 21 B2 Stealth Bombers in the 509th Bomb Wing. I was asked to create a Pin-Up girl for each and one to represent the 509th. Yes, I'm a big fan of Nose Art and Pin-Up Art. I have a lot of books on both subjects. I also collect photos of Nose Art and Esquire calendars. Korean War Nose Art is my favorite era. Visit my web site, there are links to some of my Nose Art: [link] -YD
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My grandfather (on my mother's side) served in the Great War also. On November 9, 1918 he was wounded and left with injuries that plagued him the rest of his life. He was deaf in one ear from a shell going off too close to his head, and he took a bullet thru the knee. Because of the poor field surgery at the time, he was left with a wound that had to be cleaned and dressed every day until 1972 when he passed away. But I have to think that all the soldiers that served in that hell had to come back with permanent injuries, even if they weren't physical. God bless them all.
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That's a shame he suffered all those years with those wounds. The mental scares go all the way to ones soul. Do you know what outfit he was with? -YD
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The only information I have is from his discharge papers and it has him listed as 356 Infantry. It doesn't go into any more detail than that, other than the fact that he fought in the Battle of St. Mihiel. I asked my mom, aunts and uncles (it was a big family) and they all said the same thing, he didn't talk about it...ever.
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I can understand that, some things are better left unspoken, especially the horrors of war and especially WWI, but still we need to know what they experienced and what they suffered for our freedom and the freedom of Europe. There was a movie on A&E called the lost Battalion that really brought the drama of WWI into focus and showed some of what the American soldier experienced and suffered in the Great War. I can highly recommend it, it was very well done and starred Ricky Schrodder as the battalion commander, surprisingly he did an excellent job and really shed the child star aura that has followed him all these years, it really showed what a good actor he's become. It was real blood, guts and mud, combined with heroism that is synonymous with the American fighting man. -YD
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I've seen it, a couple of times. I hoped it would give me some insight into what he might have gone through. (they call Korea the forgotten war, but the great war seems to have been just as forgotten) When I was a child, I always wanted to ask him what it was like, but something held me back. I figured if he wanted to talk about it he would. He never did. I wish now I would have asked him at least a couple of questions.
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Maybe some of the horrors of war are best left untold. We know very little about my grandfather's experience other than he was gassed, wounded through both legs by the same piece of shrapnel and left for dead in the Batttle of the Argone Forest. I know more about my dad's experiences in the Korean War as well as my uncles experiences in WWII. I've found with veteran of WWII and Korea that you have to ask and be persistant. A few good questions will often open up a floodgate of information and photos, especially with the Air Force guys. -YD
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But most of the Vietnam Vets are reluctant to talk also, at least the ones I've met. Even when I thanked them for their service, they didn't recieve it well. It was a nightmare they didn't want to recall, and from everything I know about the conflict, I can understand why.
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Yea, it is understandable. -YD
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mel!
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Another great addition to the series.
Hey, what about a mega-deviation with all of the "spirits" put together?
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Thanks Loís! What's a mega-deviation? -YD
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A mega-deviation is a deviantion made up with several other pieces, put togheter on the same picture!
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Cool! I'll have to do that when I get them all finished. -YD
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