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Offline Bino

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R.I.P. John W. Finn
« on: May 28, 2010, 09:23:32 AM »
John W. Finn, who was awarded the Medal Of Honor for his heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 100.

The last survivor of the fifteen who were awarded the MOH for actions taken during the Pearl Harbor attack, Finn manned a machine gun at the Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station and blazed away at attacking planes despite literally dozens of wounds.

More info here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/us/28finn.html
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 09:28:26 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 09:47:21 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 10:03:44 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2010, 10:05:44 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2010, 10:26:53 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2010, 10:29:24 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2010, 10:42:46 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2010, 11:08:22 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2010, 11:42:37 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2010, 02:15:00 PM »
Calm seas and fair winds. Thank you SIR!
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2010, 02:16:27 PM »
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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2010, 02:45:07 PM »
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In 1999, Mr. Finn was among Pearl Harbor veterans invited to Hawaii for the premiere of the Hollywood movie “Pearl Harbor.” “It was a damned good movie,” he told The Boston Herald in 2001. “It’s helped educate people who didn’t know about Pearl Harbor and what happened there.”

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Offline Yeager

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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2010, 02:48:35 PM »
Wow.  What a life well lived.  He did us all real proud that December day!  He sure as hell did.

Thank you  :salute

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Re: R.I.P. John W. Finn
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2010, 04:47:24 PM »
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