Thursday, March 4, 2010

Bits O' History: Kissing Nurse-- Looking for Gairsoppa

Some New News About Old Stuff.


1. KISSING NURSE-- Edith Shain, the nurse being kissed in the famous VJ Day photograph, August 14, 1945, photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt of Life magazine made an appearance in Visalia, Ca..

She is part of the group "Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive Tour. They are asking Congress to declare the second Sunday in August as a national day of remembrance.

Feb. 11th Fresno (Ca) Bee.


2. LOOKING FOR GAIRSOPPA-- Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa, Fl., has won the right to salvage silver from the SS Gairsoppa which was torpedoed Feb. 17, 1941 off the coast of Ireland by the German U-boat U-101. The ship went down in twenty minutes before any silver could be saved.

Thirty-two crew members got off, but only one survived floating in the water for 13 days.

The British government has given the company two years to recover the silver and after a share given to Britain, Odyssey will keep most of what they find. Exploration will begin this summer and they have a good idea for a search area.

Jan. 25th St. petersburg (Fl) Times

Hope They Find It. --Cooter

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