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90 Day Wonder
http://www.90daywonder.org
A true to life recounting of my experiences during WWII as a landing craft officer in the Navy -- was active in 6 invasions of japanese-held islands, starting with Tarawa and ending with Iwo Jima
- Added on: Aug 10th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Military Veterans News & Media
Recent Posts
A summing up & a new direction
I feel pretty good, but am far from feeling smug about it...My efforts and those of others helping me have finally resulted in Congress getting off its ass in directing the Pentagon to repatriate the remains of the hundreds of guys who still lie in T...
Persistence
"Great works are performed not by strength but by persistence," is a statement by Samuel Johnson that has guided me in my efforts to return home the dead of WWII, thousands of whom still lie where they fell.For example...Some members of Con...
Return to Tarawa Redux
The battle of "Bloody Tarawa" was fought sixty-five years ago, yet the remains if hunrdeds of Americans still lie in Betio, the tiny South Pacific island where the battle was fought--forgotten and ignored by our nation. Their relative...
