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								Tommy and Mike unveil the new owner of Patches. 
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                                                                | Ben Collins had eight logged missions in this 53 after the majority of the squadron left Marble in May of 1968.  He returned to the squadron as a 53 pilot after his stint as a forward air controller, up around Hue City during TET of early '68.
 
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								| - photo courtesy of Don Motz |  
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