Two things:
1) No matter what people say, and I am a person who knows absolutely nothing about electronic manipulation of photos, I find this story very
intriguing, and as soon as warmer weather is upon us I plan to take a trip to the area to see what I may be able to find. I have already ordered the
USGS topo maps for the area and plan to start there as far as guessing where likely locations for any of this activity would be.
2) In my spare time I've been mulling over different pieces of this puzzle in my mind. Yesterday I got a new bit of information that might prove
helpful. Regarding the photo showing the Native American-style head logo. I saved the photo and have been showing it to various military history buffs
that I know. Of course, I don't tell them where I saw it or what the context was. Yesterday a friend showed me the US Army Heraldry website where he
had been looking, and he found something interesting. Apparently the 98th Infantry Division, from 1943-1967, had an insignia that could be similar to
the one in the ILP photo. And they were located in New York. Unfortunately the site only shows the unit's current insignia, which is not much at all
like the one in the ILP photo, however the person who remembered the old 98th insignia said that as far as he could remember (he's getting older and
memory isn't what it once was) it did bear at least a close resemblance to the logo shown in the ILP photo. I realize this does not provide any more
proof that the ILP existed, but perhaps it is a step in the direction of narrowing down where those photos may have come from.
|
reply to post by therainmaker
Excellent.
I'm still interested in this story and am glad someone has brought further indication of the possibility of truth. I feel a significance by the
recognition from someone who revealed more than an adequate amount of related info that matches in form. The info dates and originates within the era
of this story.. is it significant ?
I guess since you've been looking into this, how many Indian head logos HAVE you found. Matches aren't necessary but the subject is. If we have 400
bases and only 3 matches of an Indian head or a similar Native American theme to this story then the odds this is a coincidence drops REAL low.
if there are 95 bases out of 400 that have native American Indian head theme logos then this doesn't mean all that much.
Don't broadcast the exact date you are going up there btw 
EDITE TO ADD THIS LINK OF ABOVE REFENCED INSIGNIA
b
[edit on 23-2-2008 by Bspiracy]
|
I still have an open mind on this.
The fact that JOHNS won't give co-ordinates on the alleged base, I find suspect.
BUT..................the Indian Lake Town logo, is indeed an Indian Head, very similar to the one in the photo!
|
I'm calling hoax on this and here is the proof. So I started reading this from the start and I immediately noticed something fishy. On about the
fourth post from the start, it's labeled "Posted by Johns at 6:11," there are pictures of three children. I thought the water/wear damage looked
really fishy, similar to photoshop brushes I have used before. You can obviously tell he used the same brush/stamp at least 3 times. Twice in the
"Roger" photo and once in the "Sally". The brush appears in different sizes indicating he simply changed the point size in photoshop. The brush
consists of a long vertical stripe accompanied with the iconic blot that is circled.
external image
|
I think Russian's post should have put to rest any further discussions regarding whether or not this is a hoax...it is.
|
