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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 3085215, member: 32619"]Hopefully I don't kill this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Up next are a few from McGuire Air Force Base. These tokens, like the above from Murphy Dome, were cataloged by Cunningham and are included in his Domestic volume.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]777567[/ATTACH]</p><p>McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, white, NJ120a, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]777568[/ATTACH]</p><p>McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, red, NJ120d, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]777569[/ATTACH]</p><p>McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, red, NJ120d, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186 </p><p><br /></p><p>Yep I ended up with duplicates. In order to get the white chip, which seems to come up less frequently on eBay than the red, I had to buy both. Asked the seller if they would consider separating the lot. Guess how that panned out?</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone contacted me expressing a genuine interest and why they would want it, I would send the duplicate to someone. However, if you want a free chip to flip on eBay, that is at best worth $10, go ahead and pound sand. Only collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>McGuire Air Force Base is no longer...now it's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. A bit on joint basing first. Joint basing was an intitiatve to combine geographically close military installations that shared similar functions in an effort to save money. Sounds good on paper but these savings have never been realized and it's only cost more money. I digress though!</p><p><br /></p><p>McGuire Air Force Base, like all Air Force Bases, takes it name from a fallen aviator. In this case, it honors Thomas B. McGuire, the second highest scoring ace of World War II and Medal of Honor recipient. JBMDL is still active! Ignoring the Army (Fort Dix) and Navy (Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst) components, McGuire is flying CH-53 helicopters, KC-10 tankers, an Air Guard KC-135 tankers, and C-17 cargo aircraft.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 3085215, member: 32619"]Hopefully I don't kill this thread. Up next are a few from McGuire Air Force Base. These tokens, like the above from Murphy Dome, were cataloged by Cunningham and are included in his Domestic volume. [ATTACH=full]777567[/ATTACH] McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, white, NJ120a, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186 [ATTACH=full]777568[/ATTACH] McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, red, NJ120d, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186 [ATTACH=full]777569[/ATTACH] McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; clay, red, NJ120d, Cunningham Vol 1 pg 186 Yep I ended up with duplicates. In order to get the white chip, which seems to come up less frequently on eBay than the red, I had to buy both. Asked the seller if they would consider separating the lot. Guess how that panned out? If someone contacted me expressing a genuine interest and why they would want it, I would send the duplicate to someone. However, if you want a free chip to flip on eBay, that is at best worth $10, go ahead and pound sand. Only collectors. McGuire Air Force Base is no longer...now it's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. A bit on joint basing first. Joint basing was an intitiatve to combine geographically close military installations that shared similar functions in an effort to save money. Sounds good on paper but these savings have never been realized and it's only cost more money. I digress though! McGuire Air Force Base, like all Air Force Bases, takes it name from a fallen aviator. In this case, it honors Thomas B. McGuire, the second highest scoring ace of World War II and Medal of Honor recipient. JBMDL is still active! Ignoring the Army (Fort Dix) and Navy (Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst) components, McGuire is flying CH-53 helicopters, KC-10 tankers, an Air Guard KC-135 tankers, and C-17 cargo aircraft.[/QUOTE]
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