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| Back of Shirt Design: CH-46 Sea Knight: The Old Breed Marine Corps Battle Phrog |
This CH-46 Battle “Phrog” Sea Knight tribute
T-Shirt and Poster design by Kimberleigh and Paul Gavin honors the helicopter and
its pilots, crews, maintainers and the Marines and cargo they transported in
their 51 years of service.
The 46 is depicted literally “Flying Off into the
Sunset” with “The Old Breed” as the title because the helicopter and all those
involved with it share the proud tradition of those Marines who have gone
before and flew, lived and died courageously and under indescribable conditions.
The
project was conceived by the CO of HMMT-164 and the Gavins worked with him
and Vietnam era and current pilots and crews.
The aircraft will retire from US Marine Corps service in April 2015 when
the last 46 squadron, the HMMT-164
“Knightriders” transitions to MV-22 Ospreys.
A friend of the artists put it simply and elegantly when he saw the design:
“Good Knight CH-46, and rest in peace. You saved a lot of men.”
These shirts are available directly through the squadron or
they can be mailed if you order from the Gavin’s web site.
