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Recent content by stephenrom

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    Good Wear Recreation of my Grandfather's Jacket

    Thanks, Grant. I was Virgil Hilts on the old forum, had a billion posts. Sold off my collection of 30 or so jackets over a decade ago but still always keep an eye on eBay and this forum. Besides the Good Wear I've got a Monarch 7823 and that's it. Even sold off my nylon jackets. Glad to see...
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    Good Wear Recreation of my Grandfather's Jacket

    My wife and I are moving to Ireland Thursday and I wanted to finally get a proper version of my Grandfather's A-2 before we moved. And boy, did John Chapman come through. Here it is. Good Wear Dubow 20960. Size 44 body with size 42 arms. Can't believe how soft the Italian horsehide is. I had...
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    Don’t Patronize Bill Kelso

    Yes, I've been on this forum for years - I'd posted as Virgil Hilts dozens of times, if memory serves. I predate most of the folks on this site. My entire point was my posts had nothing to do with politics and he bounced me for a simple image. I get the desire to keep politics off the site...
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    Don’t Patronize Bill Kelso

    I just learned my post about my Grandfather’s 549th NFS patch was taken down by Bill Kelso on his Facebook flight jacket group because my Profile Picture is a BLM logo. First, he’s a coward. He could’ve come to me like a man and discussed it. I’m furious but mostly I’m just disappointed at...
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