JACOB DANIEL "JAKE" DeSHANZER, 95
Was a member of Doolittle's Raid over Japan. Joined the US Army Air Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor at age 27. Volunteered for a dangerous undisclosed mission as a gunner on a B-25 bomber. One of 16 bombers launched from USS Hornet for an attack on the Japanese mainland. Damage was minimal, but the psychological effect on both the US and Japan was immense.
Crew 16 pilot was Wiliam G. Farrow. Crew bailed out and captured by Japanese. Farrow and two others executed and DeShanzer spent the rest of the war as a POW.
After the war, he returned to Japan as the Reverend DeShanzer and spent 30 years bringing the Gospel to the Japanese people.
MARVIN SYLVOR, 74
Died April 9th. Designed many merry-go-rounds and was also a noted carousel historian. He helped restore and rebuild them in New York City. They were most popular between the 1880s and the Great Depression.
Mr. Sylvor made the 70 foot diameter on in Riverfront Park in Nashville that seats 70people.
Interesting People. --Cooter
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