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Post by lbkgoat on Nov 27, 2019 20:32:04 GMT -5
What do you think the X is marking; the river/trail/canyon, the rice patties or just the base of the mountain?
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Post by lbkgoat on Nov 30, 2019 17:08:33 GMT -5
IMO page 99 is the final piece of the puzzle
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Post by npsbuilder on Nov 30, 2019 20:45:16 GMT -5
I have not read the book and don't have access to a copy either. If you would, what is the name if this chapter and it's number. Just curious and playing a hunch here.
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Post by richard on Nov 30, 2019 21:25:55 GMT -5
I have not read the book and don't have access to a copy either. If you would, what is the name if this chapter and it's number. Just curious and playing a hunch here. My War For Me Pg, 72 & 73
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Post by npsbuilder on Nov 30, 2019 21:59:27 GMT -5
Funny...just made a post to Tommy about "My War for Me" in his thread. The earlier post above referred to page 99.
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Post by lbkgoat on Nov 30, 2019 22:37:20 GMT -5
I have not read the book and don't have access to a copy either. If you would, what is the name if this chapter and it's number. Just curious and playing a hunch here. Just google fenn’s page 99 x and look at the images. You will see an illustration from one of his books
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Post by lbkgoat on Nov 30, 2019 22:50:42 GMT -5
Funny...just made a post to Tommy about "My War for Me" in his thread. The earlier post above referred to page 99. So what’s your opinion about the illustration?
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Post by npsbuilder on Dec 1, 2019 0:00:05 GMT -5
Funny...just made a post to Tommy about "My War for Me" in his thread. The earlier post above referred to page 99. So what’s your opinion about the illustration? Not sure what to think. His use of the word talent stood out to me. Talent also refers to a unit of money or of weight. Don't quote me here, someone has said that ff has stated to pay close attention to "My War for Me" in his book. I never remember hearing him say this myself.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 5:17:59 GMT -5
So what’s your opinion about the illustration? Not sure what to think. His use of the word talent stood out to me. Talent also refers to a unit of money or of weight. Don't quote me here, someone has said that ff has stated to pay close attention to "My War for Me" in his book. I never remember hearing him say this myself. I believe the quote you are thinking about FF said about the chapter might be, " if people don't read anything else in his book he suggests that people at least read that chapter,
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Post by heidini on Dec 1, 2019 7:20:04 GMT -5
So what’s your opinion about the illustration? Not sure what to think. His use of the word talent stood out to me. Talent also refers to a unit of money or of weight. Don't quote me here, someone has said that ff has stated to pay close attention to "My War for Me" in his book. I never remember hearing him say this myself. It was in the book release video for Too Far Too Walk. 29 minutes and 30 seconds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RzrIu3hMec
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Post by lbkgoat on Dec 1, 2019 18:49:12 GMT -5
IMO, Fenn took a sketch of a war scene and superimposed it on a sketch of the final spot.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Dec 2, 2019 2:17:07 GMT -5
IMO, Fenn took a sketch of a war scene and superimposed it on a sketch of the final spot. Except, that's not Forrest's sketch:
"The drawing on page 99 was made by a war correspondent/combat illustrator whose initials are JF. I was an instructor pilot in Vietnam, which meant it was my job to take non pilots on combat missions so they could see what war is really like, mostly high ranking military officers and war correspondents. I flew with that JF guy in the back seat of my F-100F. I’m sure I knew his name when we flew in 1968, but when I wrote TFTW, forty two, of so years later, his name had escaped me…
"That drawing is not a map of any kind and I did not draw it…
"I spent some time looking for JF because I wanted to send him a copy of my book. I could not find him. I even advertised in the Air Force Times for information about him and came up with zero. I think he was a civilian, but don’t remember. I figured if he ever saw my book he would contact me. If you want to launch a serious search I think he could be located if he is still alive."
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Post by lbkgoat on Dec 2, 2019 7:27:49 GMT -5
IMO, Fenn took a sketch of a war scene and superimposed it on a sketch of the final spot. Except, that's not Forrest's sketch:
"The drawing on page 99 was made by a war correspondent/combat illustrator whose initials are JF. I was an instructor pilot in Vietnam, which meant it was my job to take non pilots on combat missions so they could see what war is really like, mostly high ranking military officers and war correspondents. I flew with that JF guy in the back seat of my F-100F. I’m sure I knew his name when we flew in 1968, but when I wrote TFTW, forty two, of so years later, his name had escaped me…
"That drawing is not a map of any kind and I did not draw it…
"I spent some time looking for JF because I wanted to send him a copy of my book. I could not find him. I even advertised in the Air Force Times for information about him and came up with zero. I think he was a civilian, but don’t remember. I figured if he ever saw my book he would contact me. If you want to launch a serious search I think he could be located if he is still alive."
I’ve read that too. I don’t think it’s a map, I think it’s the final location. If he had no part in the drawing, why would he add an X?
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Post by susiet on Jan 16, 2020 12:52:51 GMT -5
Does anyone know who this copy of the book belongs to?
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Post by Jenny on Jan 17, 2020 7:24:07 GMT -5
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