[Leica] IMG: Gen. Hap Arnold

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Tue Aug 8 08:25:05 PDT 2017


Thought you might be a follower.  He usually had his details correct. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/8/2017 8:03 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> Yeah Caniff's strip "Terry and the Pirates" was one of the first I was
> aware of, and I followed "Steve Canyon"  for years until it was finally
> dropped by the Times Picayune in the eighties.
>
> Even though it had a story line, it was one of those strips that you could
> visit from time to time and still keep up.  Being an Air Force brat, I
> loved the airplane themes of the strip with high detail drawings of real
> aircraft.
>
> http://dev.deniskitchen.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/B_canyon21.bg.jpg
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Douglas.  Yes, Caniff was popular during the WWII years.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 8/7/2017 5:29 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>
>>> That's a nice memento, Jim.
>>> I'd never heard of Milton Caniff or his characters, but google is very
>>> helpful, and he certainly had a major following.
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/08/2017 22:15, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>
>>>> General Hap Arnold, along with Dr. Theodore von Karman and a few others,
>>>> were responsible for the creation of Arnold Engineering Development Center,
>>>> to get the United States capable of performing state of the art
>>>> aeronautical and engine research. A few years ago I received an award
>>>> plaque that contained a caricature of Gen. Arnold by noted cartoonist
>>>> Milton Caniff.  I have always thought of it as a beautiful example of his
>>>> work. Perhaps a few of you are old enough to recall his "Terry and the
>>>> Pirates" and "Steve Canyon" comic strips.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hap+Arnold-1.JPG.html
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
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