Bits O' History-- New News About Old Stuff.
1. HMAS SYDNEY-- The Nov. 17th TheAge.com.au reports that all the video and photographs taken after the ship was found have been presented to the Australian War Memorial. That includes 1400 photographs and 50 hours of video.
2. DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS-- April 16th-18th, 2010, will mark the 68th Reunion of Doolittle's Raiders at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside of Dayton, Ohio. Nine members are still alive and three who are still able to travel are planning to be there.
I am thinking about going there myself.
3. PEARL HARBOR-- John Daniel Lancaster who lives in Johnston County (I neglected to get the state) turned 90 last month and was honored for his service at the local VFW. He was on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day in 1941. This makes him truly a survivor.
His oldest daughter, Carol Lancaster, said, "He started running to his gun which was at the front of his ship and was blown into the water, which literally saved his life because he was not entombed in the ship.
Just Some Bits. --DaCoot
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