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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: W7LPNRICK on June 14, 2012, 07:06:50 PM
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At work I met a crew member of one of the B-17's stationed at Pearl when the it was attacked. He said every one of the 17's in his group were shot down & he was wondering if there were any other survivors that he could contact. I can't give his name or info because of HIPPA. :salute any info appreciated. :pray
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Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association, VFW, Library of Congress, Google, etc.
Many organizations that have or list reunion and unit info.
If he googles his organization, there's probably many links with info there.
Many listings even have unit rosters.
:cheers: Oz
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At work I met a crew member of one of the B-17's stationed at Pearl when the it was attacked.
The guy still works? He's gotta be in his 80's (?) :old: :old:
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The guy still works? He's gotta be in his 80's (?) :old: :old:
If he was 19 in 1941, he'd be 90 now...
Maybe he works at a nursing home....
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I know that our society is youth focused and many tend to ignore the elderly but it's sometimes worth it to engage in conversation, you can learn some interesting things.
I was in a hobby shop in San Diego to buy a gift for my son and there was an older gentleman that looked like he was in his late 80's to early 90's. He was looking at a big, beautiful and exceptionally detailed model of an old Curtis biplane prominently displayed and I took to admiring it also and mentioned how exceptional the model was and the old gent said thanks as he was the one that built it. I was really impressed with the detail and asked him where he got the information for all the details and he said from memory.
I was really impressed now and we talked quite a bit and just before he left he claimed not only that he had flown the plane but that he had traps in the plane, on board the USS Macon (ZRS-5), one of the Navy's two flying aircraft carriers (the other being the USS Akron) in 1935. He was aboard when Macon crashed. I looked at the shop's owner and he knew I wasn't sure if I was being had or not but he pointed to a picture on the wall of a young Naval Aviator in front of an F9C and it sure looked like him. This guy had to have been one of only a dozen or so Naval Aviators that had traps on a dirigable and I didn't even get his name.
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The guy still works? He's gotta be in his 80's (?) :old: :old:
That is around the projected age people will stop working, thanks to our new economy. Thank a Vet, send Congress on vacation!
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The guy still works? He's gotta be in his 80's (?) :old: :old:
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No, not working....getting help