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Rarey wrote of his work in a
letter to his wife after painting art on some of his
unit's fighters (March 5, 1944): "Painted
some cowlings this afternoon. It is a colorful thing to
see the old 379th lined up for take off - looks like a
menagerie. It sort of gives personality to an otherwise
pretty cold collection of machinery. I think it means
quite a bit to the pilots, and the crews that keep the
planes in shape get a kick out of them, too - and I
enjoy doing it, a pretty good thing all around."
The Rarey
sketches presented by Military.com are a small sample of
the work left behind by George "Dad" Rarey.
More than 208 pages of his work has been collected into
a book, "Laughter and Tears," with excerpts
from Rarey's letters home, comments from surviving
pilots and Mrs. Rarey's personal memoirs. His book is
available
here.
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