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> <> 1: Being a marine has been a dream come true since I
> was in the thrid grade. I was in 1/1, C Co, 3rd plt from 96-01 and then
> went to Virginia to teach at security forces. Virginia was nice but I
> wasn't around the real Marines ( Grunts ) and I missed them so I came on
> back to 1/1. My wife has been very supportive of me since we were in high
> school.
>
> 2: The person most influential to me has been my dad and my wife. Both
> of them because they have worked their tails off for everything they have.
> When times have been tough they kept pushing and have been a success.
>
> 3: Bestfriend, without hesitation, is my lovely wife, Jamie. We have
> known each other for over ten years now and it is terrific. Tt's funny
> that we started in HS and now we're here. Who would have ever guessed?
>
> 4: My ideal vacation would be to go to the Pocono Mountains in
> Pennsylvania and stay there for a week or so. Also, another cruise would
> be nice ( hint hint hint ).
>
> 5: Favorite food is anything that I don't have to cook myself. I love
> lasanga, pizza, and steak, not always in that order though. I enjoy going
> to the olive garden as well. Cars, I really don't care about as long as
> they get me from one point to another safely. I'd like to get a truck
> when we get back though. It's a guy thing. Io really favorite band but
> if i had to pick one it would be AC/DC. No real favorite actor or actress
> but Harrison Ford and Robert Redford movies I like.
>
> 6: I have two English bulldogs named Chesty and Cammie. Chesty is almost
> 3 and we got him 3 years ago the day after my birthday as a present from
> Jamie. Well, I really put her up to it. Cammie, I think just turned one
> and she is a ball of fire. Not as fat as Chesty, for those of you that
> have seen them before.
>
> 7: The reason I joined the Marine Corps is kind of strange so I'll leave
> it out so as to not scare the kids and the other family members that read
> this. My first six months I wanted out and there wasn't a chance I'd stay
> in. Now after almost nine years, I still love what I do. One, I love
> being called a Marine, especially by my old man ( dad ). That I will
> never forget. September 6, 1996 graduation day from boot camp. He always
> called me son or Joseph, but the first person I saw after we graduated to
> call me a Marine was him. What keeps me going in the gun club is the
> younger guys coming in and the sense of pride. The younger ones really
> keep me on my toes to say the least. I wouldn't be doing this without the
> support of my wife either. She has been the best and hopefully these next
> 11 years go by quickly. My family, and when the time comes, children are
> the most important. I want the chance to do things while I am still young
> and enjoy.
>
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I had great fun photographing wolves, bears, and eagles with the awesome Sony Alpha 1 and two of my favorite Sony Gmaster lenses -- the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS E-Mount Lens SEL70200G and the Sony Alpha 1 & Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS E-Mount Lens SEL200600G ! The Sony A1 is the best wildlife camera I have ever used!
All my photography celebrates the physics of light! The McGucken Principle of the fourth expanding dimension: The fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions: dx4/dt=ic .
Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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P-47C serial 41-6401 "Dream Baby" assigned to LT Paul Conger and 'borrowed' by LT Kirby N. Tracy, 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
Later assigned to the 552nd Fighter Training Squadron at Atcham, Tracy was killed in a crash landing on 17 April 1944 while flying P-47C serial 41-6363 (coded DQ-E underscored).
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All my photography celebrates the physics of light! The McGucken Principle of the fourth expanding dimension: The fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions: dx4/dt=ic .
Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Light Time Dimension Theory: The Foundational Physics Unifying Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Simple, Illustrated Introduction to the Unifying Physical Reality of the Fourth Expanding Dimensionsion dx4/dt=ic !: geni.us/Fa1Q
"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life." --John Muir
Epic Stoicism guides my fine art odyssey and photography: geni.us/epicstoicism
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” --John Muir
Epic Poetry inspires all my photography: geni.us/9K0Ki Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art Nature Photography with the Poetic Wisdom of John Muir, Emerson, Thoreau, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost & Dante's Inferno Odyssey
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” --John Muir
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All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. --To Autumn. by John Keats
An archer takes aim at the incoming enemies while the Wolf Lord watches over a Forestman prisoner.
I've meaning to upload these Wolfpack figs for a while now, this was a rushed build and I hope to build a real tower or fort for them. But this is all I have for now.
P-47D serial 42-7893 flown by LT Frank H. Peppers, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France. Peppers was forced to abort for mechanical problems.
Pictures from CPT Ledford, Company Commander for Delta Company 1/501st Attack Aviation Regiment - WOLFPACK.
P-47C serial 41-6259 flown by LT William H. Janson, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
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I had great fun photographing wolves, bears, and eagles with the awesome Sony Alpha 1 and two of my favorite Sony Gmaster lenses -- the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS E-Mount Lens SEL70200G and the Sony Alpha 1 & Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS E-Mount Lens SEL200600G ! The Sony A1 is the best wildlife I have ever used!
All my photography celebrates the physics of light! The McGucken Principle of the fourth expanding dimension: The fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions: dx4/dt=ic .
Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Light Time Dimension Theory: The Foundational Physics Unifying Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Simple, Illustrated Introduction to the Unifying Physical Reality of the Fourth Expanding Dimensionsion dx4/dt=ic !: geni.us/Fa1Q
"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life." --John Muir
Epic Stoicism guides my fine art odyssey and photography: geni.us/epicstoicism
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” --John Muir
Epic Poetry inspires all my photography: geni.us/9K0Ki Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art Nature Photography with the Poetic Wisdom of John Muir, Emerson, Thoreau, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost & Dante's Inferno Odyssey
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” --John Muir
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Exalt your photography with Golden Ratio Compositions!
Golden Ratio Compositions & Secret Sacred Geometry for Photography, Fine Art, & Landscape Photographers: How to Exalt Art with Leonardo da Vinci's, Michelangelo's!
Epic Landscape Photography:
A Simple Guide to the Principles of Fine Art Nature Photography: Master Composition, Lenses, Camera Settings, Aperture, ISO, ... Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography)
All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)
Photographs available as epic fine art luxury prints. For prints and licensing information, please send me a flickr mail or contact drelliot@gmail.com with your queries! All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
P-47C serial 41-6242 "You Know What?/Irma" flown by LT George Goldstein, 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France. The artwork, featuring Uncle Sam exposing his rear end, was alternatively nicknamed "TIS'MA-"... but doesn't appeared to have carried both names simultaneously.
During the course of his combat tour, Goldstein was officially credited with two confirmed aerial victories.
Goldstein would become a POW flying this aircraft, a victim of a propeller malfunction in the vicinity of Poix, France on 5 December 1943; he bailed out safely (MACR 1433).
P-47D serial 42-7871 flown by CAPT Francis S. Gabreski, 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
Later commanding the 61st squadron, Gabreski made himself a POW on 20 July 1944 when he got too low while strafing an enemy aerodrome, bending the prop and forcing a belly landing (MACR 6843). He stayed in the Air Force, becoming a 'jet' ace during the Korean conflict, and retiring at the rank of Colonel in November 1967; he passed away 31 January 2002.
During the course of his combat tour, Gabreski was officially credited with 28 confirmed aerial victories.
P-47C serial 41-6326 flown by LT Harold E. "Bunny" Comstock, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
During the course of his combat tour, Comstock was officially credited with five confirmed aerial victories.
P-47C serial 41-6261 "Bat Outa Hell!" assigned to LT Gordon E. Batdorf and 'borrowed' by LT Raymond D. Petty, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
P-47D serial 42-7887 flown by LT Byron L. Morrill, 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
On a 26 November 1943 withdrawal support mission, Morrill reported a low fuel indication prior to rendezvous with the bomber stream; with Leroy A. "Schreib" Schreiber escorting him, Morrill was ordered to head for home. Schreiber noted a vapor stream trailing Morrill's 'Jug,' but they were too low to leave contrails: it was an obvious fuel leak. Morrill bailed out over the Zuider Zee, and spent the remainder of hostilities as a POW (MACR 1275). He spent his free time as a 'kriegie' painting in watercolors, compliments of the sporadic Red Cross parcels.
West Yellowstone Gray Wolves Montana Winter Wolfpack Sony A1 ILCE-1 Fine Art Wolf Apex Predator Photography! Canis Lupus Sony Alpha 1 & Sony FE Telephoto Zoom 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS E-Mount Lens SEL70200G West Yellowstone Snow! Elliot McGucken Fine Art Wildlife Alpha1
I had great fun photographing wolves, bears, and eagles with the awesome Sony Alpha 1 and two of my favorite Sony Gmaster lenses -- the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS E-Mount Lens SEL70200G and the Sony Alpha 1 & Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS E-Mount Lens SEL200600G ! The Sony A1 is the best wildlife I have ever used!
All my photography celebrates the physics of light! The McGucken Principle of the fourth expanding dimension: The fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions: dx4/dt=ic .
Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Light Time Dimension Theory: The Foundational Physics Unifying Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Simple, Illustrated Introduction to the Unifying Physical Reality of the Fourth Expanding Dimensionsion dx4/dt=ic !: geni.us/Fa1Q
"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life." --John Muir
Epic Stoicism guides my fine art odyssey and photography: geni.us/epicstoicism
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” --John Muir
Epic Poetry inspires all my photography: geni.us/9K0Ki Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art Nature Photography with the Poetic Wisdom of John Muir, Emerson, Thoreau, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost & Dante's Inferno Odyssey
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” --John Muir
Epic Art & 45EPIC Gear exalting golden ratio designs for your Hero's Odyssey:
Support epic fine art! 45surf ! Bitcoin: 1FMBZJeeHVMu35uegrYUfEkHfPj5pe9WNz
Exalt the goddess archetype in the fine art of photography! My Epic Book: Photographing Women Models!
Portrait, Swimsuit, Lingerie, Boudoir, Fine Art, & Fashion Photography Exalting the Venus Goddess Archetype: How to Shoot Epic ... Epic! Beautiful Surf Fine Art Portrait Swimsuit Bikini Models!
Some of my epic books, prints, & more!
Exalt your photography with Golden Ratio Compositions!
Golden Ratio Compositions & Secret Sacred Geometry for Photography, Fine Art, & Landscape Photographers: How to Exalt Art with Leonardo da Vinci's, Michelangelo's!
Epic Landscape Photography:
A Simple Guide to the Principles of Fine Art Nature Photography: Master Composition, Lenses, Camera Settings, Aperture, ISO, ... Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography)
All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)
Photographs available as epic fine art luxury prints. For prints and licensing information, please send me a flickr mail or contact drelliot@gmail.com with your queries! All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
P-47D serial 42-7865 flown by LT George R. Spaleny, 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
Spaleny was flying this aircraft when he was shot down 16 August 1943; he spent the remaider of hostilities as a POW (MACR 266).
P-47C serial 41-6337 flown by LT Eugene E. Barnum, Jr, 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
During the course of his combat tour, Barnum was officially credited with two confirmed aerial victories.
Eventually promoted to the rank of Captain, Barnum was KIA on 2 December 1944 flying P-47D serial 44-19739 (coded HV-A). While maneuvering for a deflection shot on an ME-109, Barnum's aircraft was struck by a 63rd Fighter Squadron Thunderbolt flown by 2LT Wyman A. Baker (P-47D serial 42-28741, coded UN-C); both pilots died in the collision.
MACRs 10799 and 10801.
This aircraft was lost 31 December 1943; LT William A. Mrangello perished in an unsuccessful ditching attempt in the English Channel (MACR 1861).
every saturday morning, the geese head to the baseball field. I try to catch them as they fly over head.
P-47D serial 42-7895 flown by LT Edgar D. Whitley, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay; Whitley was forced to abort for mechanical reasons.
During the course of his combat tour, Whitley was officially credited with two confirmed aerial victories.
This aircraft was later transferred to the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th FG.
#1: Since I was a kid, the words "Marine" and "Marine Corps" always struck
a cord in my mind. Maybe it was how my dad talked about my grandpa and his
WWII experiences, the way people say "send in the Marines" when they face a
seemingly insurmountable task, or maybe it was from watching too many war
movies. What ever it was, I knew it was a sacred institution. It's hard
not to notice former Marines driving by, honking and screaming "Semper Fi"
at my neighbor's Marine Corps flag. It was as if these Marines had some
piece of amazing super-secret knowledge that they were sworn to keep to
themselves. To me, "Marine" means kicking A-- plain and simple. Who
wouldnt want to be a part of that?
#2: I hate to say it, but chaos is good for our profession. But in a
fantasy world I would like to figure out a way to reduce the worlds
population. I dont mean "Nuke the world," but in my eyes the vast majority
of earth's problems stem from this one factor.
#3: Too many to name! I suppose my folks... I don't really think of that
stuff as much these days being that I'm a senior citizen! At least here in
the Marine Corps it feels that way.
#4: My Fiance Lisa Amundsen and my good ol' buddie Albert Torres!
#5: I have no Idol I can think of. I love little kids and dogs. Nothing
in the world can make me unwind like a dog. Other than getting married to
Lisa, my one big goal is to have my own dog in a place where I can take good
care of it.
#6: An Ideal vacation for me is a road trip. Something spontaneous. I'd
be with my friends and we would be headed somewhere with a purpose. I enjoy
things much better if I am striving to meet a goal. my greatest vacation
was a road trip my friend Albee and I took. We had to drive all of his
aunt's stuff across country in a BEATER old moving van. We had everything
go wrong along the way. There were times I thought I wasnt going to
survive, and more than once I thought I was going to have to kill albee.
I'm sure he felt the same way. But looking back, it was a hell of an
adventure, and we grew closer than ever. I'm not in to typical beach
vacations, or cruise liner trips. A real vacation is one where you need
another vacation when you're done.
#7: My favorite car(s)... this could go on forever. Any Mopar muscle car
from 1968-70. also a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL. And I can forget my old
favorite little 1986 Merkur XR4ti! My favorite band is Pink Floyd-Roger
Waters. Very well crafted intelectual music, that is all too often looked
at as stoner music. Any real fan of Floyd knows thats not what its about at
all. <>
I created this in preparation for a visit to adidas headquarters. I'm posted it now for a blog post for the NCAA Tournament brackets.
P-47D serial 42-7878 flown by LT Donald M. Goodfleisch, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
During the course of his combat tour, Goodfleisch was officially credited with two confirmed aerial victories.
This aircraft appears to have served later with the 495th Fighter Training Group, suffering a landing accident at Creil, France (A-81C) on 16 November 1944.
This is a handful of troops from my initial take on the Wolfpack - hardened mercenaries from Eastern Europe. Many of their comrades are still missing limbs from the beating they took from >jovian<'s undead legion on the final day of BrickFair 2009.
While I like the uniformity of each type of soldier, I would have to think about it and place these guys at a specific point in history to justify it as I move forward with this. The pikemen I certainly want to keep as the unit's backbone, though I'm not in love with the connection between lance and 6-bar, I find it serviceable enough. I'm considering another type or color of armor for the macemen, and pehaps giving a portion of them a larger shield. The archers are the least complete of the three main troop types - I have them as crossbowmen presently only because I haven't yet decided how I want to brick-build their bows. They also seem like they could use an off-hand weapon, though I'm not sure what that might be - francisca axes seem appropriate. I like brown legs for them, but I haven't yet found a good substitute for the dark grey arms.
Hopefully I'll have the whole company of them assembled before too long and I can start work on a small field camp vignette for them. (And perhaps bash a few heads in a BrikWar or two along the way.)
P-47C serial 41-6271 "Rat Racer/Happy" flown by CAPT Frank E. "Mac" McCauley, 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France.
During the course of his combat tour, McCauley was officially credited with 5.5 confirmed aerial victories.
P-47C serial 41-6573 assigned to LT Wilfred A. Van Able, "borrowed" and flown by LT John H. Truluck, Jr (inset), 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay.
During the course of his combat tour, Truluck was officially credited with seven confirmed aerial victories.
Van Able was shot down in this aircraft on 2 September 1943, and spent the remainder of hostilities as a POW (MACR 468).