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Category: World War II: General

Voyage to Freedom: Damon J. Gause and William L. Osborn

Posted onApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021

Damon Jesse “Rocky” Gause was born June 17, 1915 in Ft. Valley, and grew up in Winder, Georgia. He learned to fly airplanes at an early age and fell in love with flying. He was sent to the Philippines in Continue Reading

CategoriesGreat Escapes, Pacific Theater, World War II: General

Private Eugene Adelbert Neale: A life of service and sacrifice for the Maple Leaf Flag

Posted onDecember 25, 2020December 25, 2020

In researching historical people and events, it is not all that rare to run across a gem buried among larger events. I recently located one such gem. The hero in this story is Eugene Adelbert Neale, born March 20, 1896 Continue Reading

CategoriesCanada in the World Wars, World War II: General

All Hands Magazine: March 1959

Posted onMay 26, 2019June 3, 2019

CategoriesWorld War II: General

1st Lieutenant Helen E. Pierson, Army Nurse Corps

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019June 6, 2019

Many years after the war, the photo was confirmed by the couple to be Major John D. Davis walking toward 1st Lt. Helen Pierson . 1st Lt. Helen E. Pierson was born 13 August 1922 in Union Vale, New York. Continue Reading

CategoriesWorld War II: GeneralTags163rd General Hospital, Army Nurse Corps, G, Helen E. Pierson, John D. Davis, Lady Helen of Wimpole

“River Rats” The USS Panay Fires the First Shots of WWII

Posted onDecember 25, 2018April 17, 2021

On a clear Sunday in December a flight of Japanese aircraft made a surprise attack on a United States Navy vessel and placed the two countries on the brink of war. The attack resulted in the sinking of the U.S Continue Reading

CategoriesWorld War II: GeneralTagsArthur F. Anders, James J. Hughes, Kaname Harada, Masatake Okumiya, SS Mei Ping, USS Panay, Yangtze River Patrol

June 6th, 1944

Posted onJuly 3, 2018June 3, 2019

CategoriesWorld War II: General

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