[78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?

[Bill McClung]

Some other questions.

Why would he need to borrow one in the first place?

Isn't the abbreviation for Captain Cpt?

Was he a major by then or was the promotion posthumos?

This seems incredibly fishy (sorry) to me.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:25 PM, <fnarf at comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole without a whole stack of
> documentary proof dated 1944. Who writes their name in a jacket they're
> borrowing for one night?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>  Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 5:59:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?
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>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-GLENN-MILLERS-U-S-A-A-F-DRESS-UNIFORM-TUNIC-HAT_W0QQitemZ170449205509
>
> or    http://tinyurl.com/yjxhypm
>
>
>  Somebody wrote Miller's name on both items.  Doubtful he'd have done it,
> if
> they were borrowed.
>
>  He looked slender in every photo I've seen, so 42-44 was probably roomy
> enough .
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bill freytag" <bill_freytag at yahoo.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?
>
>
>
>
> While this item description from that well-known on line auction site is
> not
> a 78 rpm recording, it DOES contain alot of spin...
>
> "YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE VERY RARE WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE CAPTAIN GLENN
> MILLER (THE FAMOUS BAND LEADER ) DRESS UNIFORM TUNIC AND HAT GARANTEED 100%
> ORIGINAL JUST LIKE THE DAY HE WORE IT ! ( THESE WERE LONED TO GLENN BY
> MAJOR
> C.E.LEMMON FOR GLENNS LAST PERFORMANCE IN THE UK . AFTER THE SHOW GLENN
> RETURNED THE TUNIC AND HAT AND THEN LEFT THE NEXT DAY FOR PARIS FRANCE BUT
> HE NEVER MADE IT ! HIS PLANE WHEN DOWN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND HAS NEVER
> BEEN FOUND ! THIS TUNIC AND HAT (WERE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE UK BY GLENNS
> CLOSE FREIND COLONEL VINCE RETHMAN , HE FLEW IN 71 MISSIONS IN P-38 OVER
> FRANCE ) , ALL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION COMPLETE WITH ALL WINGS MEDALS
> BARS
> ! ALL IN GREAT ORIGINAL CONDITION ! , THE JACKET IS ABOUT SIZE 42 - 44 IS
> IN
> PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE ! THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND FIND !"
>
> Does anyone know GM's size for these items? I suspect he was much more than
> a 42-44. I do not know the story on his measurements, but at ~ six feet
> tall
> I think 24 -44 would have been snug...
>
> Comments, class?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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