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Old 9th January 2018, 12:48
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Re: Lt. Col. Robert E. "Pappy" Haynes,

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Originally Posted by RSwank View Post
Here is an article in the Des Moines Register from 1943 on Haynes. This was when he returned from his tour with the 2nd BG and was about to do a bond tour with his crew of A-Merry-Can. I saw a posting on the 2nd BG site by the son of one of the crewmen of the plane who said the bond tour was actually cancelled. Again, a lot of info in the article.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1635...s_moines_1943/
Good morning RSwank,

what does "A-Merry-Can" mean ? Just "A-Happy-Tin" or does it also have any sophisticated meaning in English ?

Michael
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