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Photographed from a USS Intrepid (CV-11) plane. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Photo #: 80-G-490226 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491719955325-UNLA7ESAZW3UH59FBLQH/image-asset.png Homepage The stern of the Haruna appears to be struck by a bomb while other bombs and torpedos explode, as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1520760704483-O3E2FR6GSOISB3FINV03/haruna_wasp.jpg Homepage Bombing of Haruna on 28 July, 1945, photographed by a plane launched from the USS Wasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1489849643206-PWJ82NWIIQKEZCORBDPZ/tone_attack Homepage The heavy cruiser Tone, on 24 July 1945. Raymond Porter and Normand Brissette were brought down while bombing the Tone on 28 July. Having flown into a horrific “box” of flak, at least one of the B-24 planes in the 6th Squadron of the 494th USAAF attack of 28 July reported that they diverted from their bomb run on the Haruna and instead attacked the Tone (viz. correspondence to Emil Turek from Van Curen, courtesy Barbara English, Turek's daughter). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504426918184-KKDKO9G4ZHJTCBGYEQ04/formation_mission_138_haruna_turek Homepage This formation sheet records Mission #138 of the 494th Bombardment Group. It includes notes from the 5th Squadron lead pilot, Emil Turek. (Courtesy Barbara English, Turek's daughter.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496221499980-IRFDW3IWGFB80HVSWOUQ/turek_left_seat Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491240216688-61WRSH0PB2NGPUWINSHL/halter_statement_494th Homepage - 494th BG Mission #138 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492232432216-453I86CM8SB19YMNPGPU/lonesome_lady_in_flight_bright.jpg Homepage The Lonesome Lady flew over the target in #2 position, just behind and to the left of A/C #980. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490594894868-A6PJLK1935DUPKXL7BY8/image-asset.jpeg Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491557171913-H53377MCNUX8A0O2EDHD/nacci_report Homepage The Missing Aircraft Report included this statement by the Haruna mission lead plane #980 Bombardier Vito "'lil Davey" Nacci and crewmate Rex Reeves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490763739934-TXOV8FJ6C64PU5TI7978/neal_portrait Homepage - Sgt. Ralph J. Neal Sgt. Ralph J. Neal, Ball Turret Gunner. Neal flew on the Lonesome Lady mission to bomb the Haruna in the place of Replacement Crew 42B crew member Frank Baker the day it was shot down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491726301189-SZVEZ6HW3C71N8EGDTC3/ll_nose_art Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491303018103-GX4518ZIJCNS58I0UYWN/taloa+crew+from+Mori+rt+001_b.jpg Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490761995724-B25O0K9YFB14EZZGVI5S/taloa_nose_art Homepage The nose art of the Taloa. She is said to be named after a pilot's girlfriend in Panama. She completed 44 combat missions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491452315645-PKMKXRN3RXK3DZES3F3K/turek_smirk Homepage Lt. Emil Turek of Montgomery Minnesota, mission leader of the 866th Bomber Squadron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491717360286-8NSM569KX1GWSA0PW7C0/ll_and_Taloa_aflame_art_494th_History_vol2p36 Homepage Artwork from Briton Martin's Kelley's Kobras: 494th Group History, 1947. The artist is unidentified but may have been a pilot in the 866th Squadron, Gareth Williams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1508659282934-S65NUTEADG1T672UGTY8/raymond_porter Homepage Lt. Jr. Grade Raymond Porter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1508659331026-8ZXKSH902WMZCLWH4FQ0/brissette_sb2c_gunner Homepage Airman 3rd Class Normand Brissette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504595261899-62Y5FRS04NAAURT64R8Y/paul_brehm.jpg Homepage Paul Brehm was a USN VB-87 Bombing Squadron pilot in BuNo #206 during the attack on the Hyuga on 24 July, 1945, ditched it, survived, then flew#205 to dive-bomb the Tone on 28 July, 1945. (Image courtesy of S. Mori) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496551481033-SUCQXGYC4VMJ123UQ4JB/tone Homepage The Heavy Cruiser Tone, was the target of Raymond Porter and Normand Brissette on 28 July, 1945. H. Paul Brehm recognized Tone as the only Japanese vessel with four gun turrets forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1616232421332-GXTQSS0QEFHO0301KQHN/SB2C-4E+Porter+Brissettee+Brehm+Ticonderoga+Hyuga+Tone+missions.png Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500616686634-07Z1XXTDIBRUL0OLDMQE/hantschel_dress Homepage Ensign John J. Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526450593100-THVH3SQXRY12U5A421BP/reference+_library.jpg Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1521285304641-V5Z6FFZRDYPJ3XMNZCCA/paper_lanterns_poster.jpeg Homepage - Paper Lanterns A Documentary Film by Barry Frechette and Max Esposito https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526364922409-8ZDMX6YH9S7RXNHW2NB0/book+cover.jpg Homepage - THE SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB Shigeaki Mori https://hiroshima-pows.org/about-the-author daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490347962935-TCRJK65DKIN1JZIRHAI9/Mori+as+a+child.jpg About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490737729257-6QP0D104FY3RF72EEKVO/Mori-Japan+Times+News+and+NYT.png About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490737806073-UDRO6N6FJPY0RIM2EIC2/Mr.+Mori+from+powresearch+site.jpg About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490347203376-IBDS3NYN91JVKR226FLT/IMG_0497.jpg About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1491728039397-O1UNMFSLSZU8LDRONXN8/mori_smiling About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490737848659-ROHEIT1ARQA0N703ZY2D/Obama+embraces+Mr.+Mori About The Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500866241684-8W2S7MY33DBKPZO58IF8/obamas_peace_museum_signature About The Author https://hiroshima-pows.org/mori-book-index daily 0.75 2020-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490340705399-KYQ2W8LDO4BOV8900IB1/008_a.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490421685716-M7Q6ZBZQ4FMUYW9H7U5E/IMG_1250.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490505244941-SEFIPJN8MIRS9OST7HKI/Art-aftermath+domecotab+NAKANO+Kenichi.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490524151881-FPQCF6KAC0NCXE2IOJ49/Hiroshima+Exposition+Center+pre-Aug+1945.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490525645803-DYOBMIV497Z5H53BJAU5/Japanese_battleship_Haruna_under_attack_28_July_1945.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490600408022-M6JMWT3W516K1U9JX8H1/Taloa+crash+site+003b.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493879513872-C1IHU4W0ZG6UOSS1APPH/enola+gay1200.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496226949901-23KJRH4E25HUZBZP1NCN/sketch+Atkinson.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496467947280-W92DO577332IU7QTDV71/175-detail+Ubuki%27s+list.png "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496909369694-0DJHNB50BQ0NR3CADXZV/Chugoku+MP+HQ+Floor+Plan+from+Mori.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490339620453-P4T3V1PWB4A8EU7BBXXR/book_cover.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526284210387-5KC240NPM8FBDI60SRO6/omori_barracks.jpg "Secret History" by Mori https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-gallery daily 0.75 2017-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490522508747-E92LATBVL7GC3KHOPATK/Hiroshima+Exposition+Center+pre-Aug+1945.png Test Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490522508747-E92LATBVL7GC3KHOPATK/Hiroshima+Exposition+Center+pre-Aug+1945.png Test Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490522542432-ERY418T1DRXGBH7NZKNB/Hiroshima+after+aerial+today.png Test Gallery https://hiroshima-pows.org/blog daily 0.75 2020-02-17 https://hiroshima-pows.org/blog/2017/7/22/the-hiroshima-pows monthly 0.5 2019-08-02 https://hiroshima-pows.org/blog/morigofundme monthly 0.5 2018-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1522396651813-Y2Q3HTKW16UHFKX9WSAM/Screen+Shot+2018-03-30+at+02.45.28.png Discussion Forum - Shigeaki Mori scheduled to visit the United States https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1522397365030-I4VDTU6NOUKQ3J7A3V94/Screen+Shot+2018-03-30+at+03.08.50.png Discussion Forum - Shigeaki Mori scheduled to visit the United States Ralph Neal, nephew to his namesake who perished in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, assists Mr. Mori at the paper lanterns ceremony in August, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1522395791991-SRNECX8D9MCJ14B1D3GQ/Screen+Shot+2018-03-30+at+02.42.00.png Discussion Forum - Shigeaki Mori scheduled to visit the United States https://hiroshima-pows.org/blog/tag/Shigeaki+Mori monthly 0.5 https://hiroshima-pows.org/blog/tag/Hiroshima+POWs monthly 0.5 https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2020-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582457643506-P7KGCXMHD6C04SQW2K2G/Taloa+3.bp.blogspot.com.jpg Taloa Gallery - Taloa nose art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582457643506-P7KGCXMHD6C04SQW2K2G/Taloa+3.bp.blogspot.com.jpg Taloa Gallery - Taloa nose art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582458829344-XRRDGNSRSPQGC6SM5B74/Taloa+nose+art+bought+on+eBay.jpg Taloa Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582457772276-92LZVZI5UTW0HLOMEXJ4/TALOA+being+painted1.JPG Taloa Gallery - Taloa being painted The Taloa was said to be painted by the prolific Rusty Restuccia, but, if so, he had significant help. This photo may have been taken in Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684547361-F38DOU1NQ5XB0YTHLC2S/Taloa+Crew.jpg Taloa Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684524798-UU2YAU98J4TI9UGUDIF4/003_b.jpg Taloa Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684553888-68AW6AYZM7M1GXP0UWFS/006_a.jpg Taloa Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684899834-SINH9A0QY7Q1MUQTBAIB/116_a.jpg Taloa Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684945087-4LSWCTXI4668OCYX98KV/Mori+letter+to+cizzar.jpg Taloa Gallery https://hiroshima-pows.org/supplemental daily 0.75 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500184152447-D2XTJ9ATS6Q14YS159YO/Fold3_Page_9_Missing_Air_Crew_Reports_MACRs_of_the_US_Army_Air_Forces_19421947.jpg Supplemental-Cartwight - Cartwright letter to the US War Department Request for any information about seven of his eight missing crewmen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500184152447-D2XTJ9ATS6Q14YS159YO/Fold3_Page_9_Missing_Air_Crew_Reports_MACRs_of_the_US_Army_Air_Forces_19421947.jpg Supplemental-Cartwight - Cartwright letter to the US War Department Request for any information about seven of his eight missing crewmen. https://hiroshima-pows.org/editors-notes daily 0.75 2024-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501128407201-CV6XRTXE2Q3LC76G25JJ/Hiroshima+records.jpg About The Editors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501136043889-NK75CB8MXBDX6HQNEWTL/Yuka-san+and+Mark+in+Moab.jpg About The Editors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501909391046-3ZNLFQJ4J8ZZ4AICL47B/yuka_editor About The Editors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501909982351-XJDC9RDICMHDBYM90T7Y/Koiki_mori_me About The Editors Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) Reception in Hiroshima in which Shigeaki Mori was recognized for his work and his experience as a hibakusha (atomic bomb-affected person). Japanese Space Agency Flight Surgeon, Yu Koike, provided an introduction in Japanese while Mr. Mori and Mark Shavers look on. October, 2014. https://hiroshima-pows.org/maps daily 0.75 2017-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504936331911-W07DH3DWUI6MJDET44JJ/hiroshima-map.jpg Maps - Aerial view of the Aiming Point for the Enola Gay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504936331911-W07DH3DWUI6MJDET44JJ/hiroshima-map.jpg Maps - Aerial view of the Aiming Point for the Enola Gay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504936479480-VAMG4TF1V04S7JOJM1ME/Hiroshima+Inland+Sea+map.png Maps - Seto Inland Sea The blue symbol marks the location of the last sighting of the B-24 Lonesome Lady. https://hiroshima-pows.org/lonesome-lady-gallery daily 0.75 2020-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1528026428586-89TJL85P52DKHGWTQXUQ/Lonesome+Lady+in+flight+from+B-24+Best+Web+James+Leddy.jpg Lonesome Lady Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1528026428586-89TJL85P52DKHGWTQXUQ/Lonesome+Lady+in+flight+from+B-24+Best+Web+James+Leddy.jpg Lonesome Lady Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1528026439491-OVH39IB5NPJ48BYXPDS9/LONESOMELADY1-B-24+best+web+in+flight.JPG Lonesome Lady Gallery https://hiroshima-pows.org/chiang-wan-misssion-images daily 0.75 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594287006-D3HMDE9YWBAEWIN2823E/Chiang+Wan+Shanghai+map+from+494th+History.png Chiang Wan Misssion Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594287006-D3HMDE9YWBAEWIN2823E/Chiang+Wan+Shanghai+map+from+494th+History.png Chiang Wan Misssion Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594623751-W1A30G2X43J5402N3M0H/chiang_wan_weekly_ops_report.jpg Chiang Wan Misssion Images - Chiang Wan Weekly Status and Operations Report From AFHRA, this summary of missions 11-20 July, 1945, includes the first B-24 raid on a Japanese target on mainland China that was launched from Okinawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594800912-4C4JD1LGHJH5AG1T1ISX/flak+on+Chiang+Wan+mission.jpg Chiang Wan Misssion Images - Unusual flak over Chiang Wan Historical Report for 1–31 July, 1945 (AFHRA IRIS #00095010). References Annex G for 17 July mission and Annex K for the 22 July mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594839813-DNIR1CNTBXKF4OKW52HE/Screen+Shot+2018-01-20+at+23.52.05.png Chiang Wan Misssion Images - Story board for 22 July 1945 bombing mission on Chiang Wan Aerodrome from Okinawa The 28th combat photographers recorded this mission in a rare use of color film for that purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530597733180-V8RHNMHETRRFBWYR2HWD/IMG_9402.jpg Chiang Wan Misssion Images low res. see pg 11 of monthly report ARHRA https://hiroshima-pows.org/rolf-slen-archive daily 0.75 2021-03-13 https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-cover-page daily 1.0 2026-03-17 https://hiroshima-pows.org/menu daily 0.75 2013-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/1372181824279-8TOBDQDX9ONL01VS9ASZ/IMG_4508.jpg Menu https://hiroshima-pows.org/menu-1 daily 0.75 2013-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/1372181824279-8TOBDQDX9ONL01VS9ASZ/IMG_4508.jpg Menu https://hiroshima-pows.org/locations-1 daily 0.75 2015-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/1372113241456-ZLC3CPSSWDMGAM3LHQQH/IMG_3616.jpg Locations & Contact Info https://hiroshima-pows.org/read-mefrom-template daily 0.75 2013-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/1373494866621-8L8TJSL19SCJDJ7JYPHM/index-collection-read-me-1.jpg Read Me-from template https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515c7b5ae4b0875140c3d94a/1373494887029-4AXRW743FMOYDJKF3T3M/index-collection-read-me-2.jpg Read Me-from template https://hiroshima-pows.org/prologue daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490422763811-4CF0P7DGE7IM6YE7BUR6/Hiroshima+Exposition+Center+pre-Aug+1945.jpg Prologue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490418706860-U4QBH71U14AO2TLMMIWS/image-asset.jpeg Prologue ON 6 August, 1945, the B-29 named Enola Gay , piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, deployed the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490462580889-PS0LBGR8X782V4I0XYD6/Screen+Shot+2017-03-25+at+12.17.59.png Prologue Today's Hiroshima. Shigeaki Mori's parents moved him from _ elementary school that was very close to the epicenter of the atomic bomb, ironically named Little Boy, to another KoiElementary, which was further from the military complex and downtown Hiroshima. Mori and his friend were walking to school together when the atomic bomb exploded ~800 m above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490344877692-YRGBOBF27MRF011LYMD9/008_a.jpg Prologue Debris clouds above Hiroshima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490959660476-NBGC206DL7VZVTN8OG4O/art-a+dome Prologue Iconic Atomic Bomb Dome depiction of ~9 or 10 September, 1945 by Keiso Takamasu Donated by Fumio Takamasu. Obtained from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum database. https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-page daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490344219582-EQ0EGJZP3HYKQFFH12XK/IMG_1942.jpg Chapter 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496470500160-4FS2DZOXNW4MK17YOFOA/unsigned_lonesome_lady_crew Chapter 1 Top: The crew of the Lonesome Lady, photograph taken half a year before their sortie on 7/28/45. Front row from left: Sgt. Hugh Atkinson, Sgt. Buford Ellison, Blacky the mascot dog, Sgt. William (Bill) Able, Corp. John Long, and Frank Baker, who did not board due to illness and was replaced by Sgt. Ralph Neal.) Back row from left: 2nd Lt. James Ryan, 2nd Lt. Durden Looper, 1st Lt. Thomas Cartwright, 2nd Lt. Pedersen (Photo courtesy of Mr. Francis Ryan ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490508289129-7EHRLP6F07AVHY90V3JA/Atkinson.jpeg Chapter 1 Sgt. Hugh Atkinson, Radio Operator/Mechanic on the B-24 Lonesome Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494109001864-V0QN1RJNKEK3AECAML3X/tsukamae_newspaper_article Chapter 1 Asahi Shumbum, Osaka Edition, newspaper story, 24 October 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494147250970-2JGCVLRTPCQISUS8WAXB/tsukamae_dappled_forest_english Chapter 1 https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-3-page daily 0.75 2019-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490525788626-4Y5RWY0I84O1DK59JY54/Japanese_battleship_Haruna_under_attack_28_July_1945.jpg Chapter 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490728233822-N30UALWT0FP889R2SBGT/Haruna+at+sea Chapter 3 Japan's nearly indestructible Fast Battleship Haruna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490727329221-5B9AXCV40K6H5XAIX6H6/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 3 Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone, 1942. The Tone was towed to Etajima where it was used for training (viz.wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490728513810-6M4NLH6MK6D7M99WHVIK/Hyuga+sunk Chapter 3 Hyuga sunk off Kure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490726833501-D74SMC9DF7VCACTUWQM5/Tone+under+attack. Chapter 3 The heavy cruiser Tone, exposed to bombardment by the US Navy aircraft carrier planes on July 24, 1945. The crew is firing antiaircraft weapons, and she is surrounded by great geysers caused by the close-falling bombs. The air attack was repeated on July 28, and the Tone sank with serious damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490727522155-4PCQMG8MSSLTAM6ZJEN0/Tone+sunk Chapter 3 The Tone, sunk by 3 bombs on 24 July, 1945, was attacked again by planes from the carriers Wasp, Bataan and (viz. wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490728847168-ZSF1AZ85G1BT3Z3OAXZ4/Haruna+Navy+attack Chapter 3 The Haruna under attack by the US Navy while moored off Etajima, the site of Japanese Navy's "Annapolis".. Her 4-10 inch armor saved her from several other attacks, including direct strikes by 500-lb bombs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490729618508-VA4PBHE9OPOMM6AC71NY/Haruna+under+attack+28+July-not+Mori%27s+pic Chapter 3 The Battleship Haruna, being bombarded on July 28, 1945 by the carrier planes of the US Navy, off the shore of Koyo, Etajima, where she had been moored. The crew fought back with machine guns and high-angle guns; however, by evening the ship was resting on the bottom. On this day, two B-24 bomber planes, the Lonesome Lady and the Taloa, as well as twenty aircraft carrier planes of the US Navy were shot down by the Japanese Forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490597631610-543E4LYPLO7NFZGKXY0T/Haruna+sunk+camo Chapter 3 A Japanese battleship sunk at anchorage near Kure harbor. Trees were planted to provide camouflage from high-altitude planes.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500721886407-KAO2UUWJFHBPGYV04B1E/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 3 U.S. Army Air Force B-24J Lonesome Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500016185038-9G09RAO42FK772R9CAAZ/macr_pg9_letter_from_Tom Chapter 3 Cartwright correspondence to the War Department in search of the fate of his men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490724471454-V4L8WZCPLEONH8D7BSOJ/Taloa+graves+006a%281%29.jpg Chapter 3 Graves of Taloa crew members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496556013197-DVVJH5WMJZHH1J9OSQEH/SB2C-4E_210_in_formation Chapter 3 On the 28 July, 1945, Porter and Brissette flew SB2C Helldiver #210, second from the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490687752617-E4WZYBMQRGNY8OHKYLNX/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 3 A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, the same model as the one flown by Raymond Porter and Normand Roland Brissette, who made an emergency landing on the sea being hit by the anti-aircraft fire while attacking the Heavy Cruiser Tone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490724049418-HC6JZ103OYABHJ97LGP4/Grumman+TBF+Avenger+torpedo+bomber+004c Chapter 3 A TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, the same model as the one flown by Brown and Lockett, hit by anti-aircraft fire of the Haruna and fell into the sea around 3 p.m., 28 July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490723550689-IYJ7EHEIEW7Q1QAIK2SI/f6f_grumman+pair Chapter 3 Grumman F6F Hellcats, the same model as the one flown by John Joseph Hantschel, hit through the fuel tank and made an emergency landing on the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496556486613-25T93QTVW0KBOEZX2TJZ/hantschel_dress_uniform Chapter 3 US Navy Ensign John J. Hantschel https://hiroshima-pows.org/the-men-lonesome-lady daily 0.75 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500013383033-ESY24KU79UJVDDCYW936/toms_crew_names (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530594287006-D3HMDE9YWBAEWIN2823E/Chiang+Wan+Shanghai+map+from+494th+History.png (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501824258989-RHVB8E51B48V3M7MPZCG/macr_lonesome_lady (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady Missing Air Crew Report for Lonesome Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501651616726-5F8Y9CDJEMNP7JOFU6TO/macro_pg_7_next_of_kin (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565588916814-YPIIEF9A3DBUYAEXFOV9/looper_colorized.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady Durden Looper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500190256384-JK4C8JT91H9MJFZFLMRF/james_francis_ryam (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady James (Jim) Ryan (left) with his brother, Francis, (Photo courtesy of Francis Ryan.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501305014739-9P4O0OKG1GXTS99WW1G4/mcarthur_letter_ryan_family.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady The letter of condolence from General McArthur, which reached only the Ryan’s among the six crew members of the Lonesome Lady whose death was caused by the A-bomb. (Courtesy of Francis Ryan, T. Cartwright.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565416405437-56VGH4Q1ENBGP6D778J9/john_alan_long.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503301459522-SXB852N3100F1K0YCPH7/Purple_Heart_Medal.png (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503301975947-SW93TLSYTAL85T0ENKEE/Abel+Ofuna+reverse.jpegbel_ofuna_reverse (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503301528000-LZ22SS65DO3AWG9YHYY0/Abel+at+Ofuna.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady Bill Abel during his release from Ofuna Navy interrogation center, near Yokohama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501215906662-F317UI4RLPGYO20OEVLI/omori_pow (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady Lt. Cartwright (far right, wearing unbuttoned shirt) is amongst the men liberated from Omori POW Camp (Photo credit: John Swopes or George P. Gates, Jr., 29 August, 1945). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565591175651-D8GUCBMNGC8XN9TG9R73/tcc_framed_portrait.jpeg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1581999279900-U4AOPTR2BL5XBHMII5PQ/colorized_omori.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady Lt. Tom Cartwright appears in this iconic photograph by John Swope. Cartwright is wearing a shirt, third from the right. These men were liberated on 29/30 August, 1945, from the island POW camp, Omori, near Yokohama. The landing party was led by Commodore R. W. Simpson and Commander Harold Stassen, with permission directly from Admiral Halsey. Photo credit: John Swopes or George P. Gates, Jr., colorized version obtained from unattributed work, WWII Colourized Photos/Facebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526973790983-DEJKFU90SYFRJD4CSQ68/macr_pg8_questionnaire.jpg (Final) CREWMEN of THE LONESOME Lady https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-5-page daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496735907480-DS21NSDF7PJ938OTSNQJ/Nagamatsu+sketch+POWs+Atkinson+Looper+%E2%80%93+Version+3.jpg Chapter 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496906980717-MHSTXCDMFLTUK8NC5JVV/chugoku_mp_hq_floor1 Chapter 5 This sketch depicts the Kempeitai's Chugoku MP HQ in Hiroshima,including the floorpan of all or some of the first floor of the main building where the American POWs were held in July and early August. 1945. The sketch was made from memory by Akio Nakamura, the son of Lt. Col. Nakamura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496736058703-BGPJUUK9GVCYA77T4ZEP/shigeo_nakamura Chapter 5 Lt. Col. Shigeo Nakamura, in command of the Chugoku Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496736351850-XXIW592G11DV9JAFNPOP/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 5 Sketch by Professor Akio Nakamura of two of the American POWs he saw in the Chugoku MP Headquarters on 5 August, 1945. The lower figure with the injured leg is most likely Durden Looper, who was known to have a leg injury. (Editor's note: Tom Cartwright believed them to be Hugh Atkinson, sitting, and James Ryan on the pallet with an injured foot.) Professor Nakamura's father was at the time a child, the son of Lt. Col. Shigeo Nakamura the commanding officer of the MP HQ. He, too, perished in the bombing. (Courtesy Dr. Akio Nakamura.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492226924969-HBUW4C7HSGT1W3B03EKU/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 5 Lt. Raymond Porter, USN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496737090043-S0EN0F65743FGHJGIEAM/porter_pow_nakamura_sketch Chapter 5 Sketch by Professor Akio Nakamura of of an American POW Raymond Porter, who he saw in the Chugoku MP Headquarters on 5 August, 1945. (Courtesy Dr. Akio Nakamura.) https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-6 daily 0.75 2017-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492230882363-RJA27CZ2JAQKFV4E86LC/enola+gay1200.jpg Chapter 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500725027968-8COU5PYNRIRK9CHDOHDX/enola_gay Chapter 6 The Enola Gay dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. It was known by the code name, the ‘Dimples 82’, and was one of the fifteen customized B-29s. . It started the mission from the North Airport of Tinian at 1:45 a.m., August 6, 1945, arrived above Hiroshima at 8:11 a.m. and released the bomb at 8:15 a.m. Immediately after the explosion, the crew radioed the Tinian Base about the success of the Mission, and safely landed at the base at 1:58 p.m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500725193078-QNQKRJHZOPJTAELQSGIY/support_crew_enola_gay Chapter 6 The crew of the Enola Gay, who returned to the Tinian Base, and the ground crew. Capt. Paul Tibetts, the captain, is at the center of the second row in a flying suit. ‘Enola Gay’ was the name of his mother, and had been painted at the nose as the guardian of the plane. All twelve crew members were honored by the US Government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500725319408-KNJAJGLH2O08OFBQBI9S/hiroshima_bomb_cloud Chapter 6 The mushroom cloud that appeared in the sky above Hiroshima. The Enola Gay dropped an Atomic Bomb above Hiroshima from the altitude of 9,600 m at 8:15a.m., August 6, 1945. The Atomic Bomb exploded 43 seconds later at the altitude of around 600 m above Hiroshima, with a strong flash: one second later, a gigantic ball of frame emerged, the diameter of which was around 280 m. The mushroom clouds rose up to the altitude of around 10,000 m, the lower edge of the stratosphere.(きのこ雲は通常、ひとつの写真が多いですね。この写真では複数なので、一応複数にしました。) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493881468009-WA45NA596J1TQUP09QDX/mushroom_cloud Chapter 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500725488720-KWJEHVU6P5QWJAKJJ02M/ground_zero_hiroshima_from_Mori Chapter 6 The terrible sight of Hiroshima immediately after the Atomic-Bombing, where nothing remained but some concrete buildings. According to the announcement made by the Ministry of Welfare (then) on May 15, 1990, the number of the deaths in Hiroshima through being exposed to radiation was 201,900 in Hiroshima and 93,966 in Nagasaki, which makes the total of 295,956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493880477823-QDBX6M6C0FAO9W951A2D/image-asset.png Chapter 6 Destruction of the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters is in the background of this image from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-2-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490524066049-F68JFTWPWS91033LUCUW/Hiroshima+Exposition+Center+pre-Aug+1945+banner+resolution.jpg Chapter 2 https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-page-5 daily 0.75 2019-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490600137859-I7UCN4QA5CXQMWGH2LKA/Taloa+crash+site+003b.jpg Chapter 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490683377334-CXFP7Z56Y3KMV6IPAU5T/taloa_crash_site Chapter 4 Wreckage of the B-24 Taloa, one of two Liberators that were shot down during a bombing run over the Japanese battleship, the Haruna. The crash site was in Saeki-ward, Hiroshima City, Photo credit: Mr. Akitaka Fujita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490683701428-VSU0J87E4GR0PKXXTEO0/006_b.jpg Chapter 4 - Watch found in Taloa wreckage. A pocket watch that Mr. Masayoshi Kubota picked up at the crash site of the Taloa, then wasa junior high school student. Later this watch had been identified as a special watch used by navigators of the plane; therefore, it was returned to the bereaved family of the navigator, 1st Lt. Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490683701198-T1QK60QZJK31L36FUDWV/006_c.jpg Chapter 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490683701998-CSPF9AN3YHGTGLYRVODJ/006_d.jpg Chapter 4 - Navigators Watch This navigator's pocket watch is the same model that was found at the crash site of the Taloa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500267444584-X9ABTA423RCAR6FM3ZDX/taloa_6_crosses Chapter 4 After the B-24 Taloa was shot down on July 28, 1945, grave markers were built at the crash sites for crew members Marvin, Kirkpatrick, Allison, Bushfield, Johnston and Falls where their bodies were buried. After the end of the war, the US military carried the remains back home. (Photographed by Mr. Akitaka Fujita.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500266262207-E5MW8CF6TSBN7MUILQV4/lonesome_lady_crash_site Chapter 4 The B24 Lonesome Lady flew out of control from the west, and finally spiraled down, crashing into the foothills above Ikachi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Cartwright confirmed the direction of approach, which belied the fact that the plane was involved a strike to the east of Ikachi. (Photo courtesy of the author.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500105623021-P1DL327HZEG9KU0K8N3H/wreckage_pile_lonesome_lady_ikachi Chapter 4 This traditional wooden structure is the Public Hall of the Ikachi Village, Kuga County, Yamaguchi Prefecture. As seen here, and as ordered by the GHQ, the wreckage of the Lonesome Lady was gathered and stacked into a large debris pile by villagers in front of the Hall along the national road, around 800m away from the crash site. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Yozo Kudo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682272832-76SDNK824N39RHY8EO7W/116_b.jpg Chapter 4 - wheel rims Teruko Fujinaka, Mr. Hiroyasu, and two wheel rims and treads from the landing gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490681934294-JM4N5ZDDUFZFY0F7YM0M/005_e.jpg Chapter 4 Bullets of the pistol owned by the crew of the Lonesome Lady, which were seized by the police. (Owned by Mr Hiroyasu Fujinaka.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490681930335-LTA2OW420QVCD4YQUM8M/005_c.jpg Chapter 4 - dustpan A dustpan made of a piece of the wreckage of the Lonesome Lady and a machine gun bullet. (Owned by Mr. Hiroyasu Fujinaka.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490681928919-KU1R3ARMPOGHPR8IHELN/005_d.jpg Chapter 4 - winnow A winnow made with the piece of wreckage of the Lonesome Lady. (Owned by Ms. Yumiko Takenaga.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682275179-83ZWXRWD8QMDV5AKFLRF/116_d.jpg Chapter 4 - wreckage Mr. Kiyoto Yoshimura, holding a cylinder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682273765-XM6AQ8ITLVIKZMZXTO2O/116_c.jpg Chapter 4 - strainer Ms. Hisako Suenaga and a strainer made of the wreckage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682275184-WXT2ZVC74S74L6DGTFCG/117_a.jpg Chapter 4 - wreckage Mr. and Mrs. Chushi Nishimura and a cylinder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682276408-2YDY2XVX8KRYJ3TXB22F/117_d.jpg Chapter 4 - winnowing basket Ms. Kaneko Kawamura and a winnowing basket, made from the wreckage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500726724709-XYOW5LRRS786HSI3VY02/005_b.jpg Chapter 4 A piece of the wreckage of the Lonesome Lady, which Mr. Keiichi Muranaka sent to Dr. Cartwright, the former captain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501298000860-BUU6ISF3G0T43NLA1CKM/winnow_clarke_abbey Chapter 4 - winnow This winnow is a tool fashioned from wreckage of the B-24 Lonesome Lady. Image courtesy of Clarke Abbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682542272-1DTV8G0L12UOG75WY7ES/muranaka_fragment_lonesome_lady Chapter 4 This is the piece of wreckage from the B-24J Lonesome Lady that Keeichi Muranaka found and later sent to the pilot who was shot down, Thomas Cartwright. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490682458556-O1PR44VN71TA70HK1POK/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 4 Dr. Cartwright, former pilot-in-command of the Lonesome Lady, holds the plaque fashioned from a piece of the wreckage from the bomber Lonesome Lady, sent to him by Mr. Keiichi Muranaka. (Courtesy of Dr. Cartwright.) Professor Cartwright was profoundly moved by receiving this fragment of the plane that he commanded as a 21-year-old 2nd Lt. in the US Army Air Force. https://hiroshima-pows.org/haruna daily 0.75 2021-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502512125580-HBASCIR7GXM93JP26IN5/Haruna34+combinedfleet.com.jpg Haruna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1618127178844-S54Y73MU7OFOI1GSOKD4/CV38+Shangri+La+Bobing+Haruna.jpg Haruna This photograph of the bombing of Haruna was taken at 4pm, 28 Jul 1945, from a plane launched from the aircraft carrier Shangri La. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502513881517-C4A7C3DDUZPVYZVC04ZR/etajima_bight Haruna In October, 2014, Shigeaki and Kayoko Mori visit the shoreline along Etajima Bight where the Haruna was sunk on 28 August, 1945.(M. Shavers, with Y. Ibuki) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502517319034-DIHBIJOALXYR2FSKH3UT/Haruna+Monument.jpg Haruna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502517297717-SR4G8MS46IA6ZQ283F6U/Haruna+and+_+Monument.jpg Haruna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502517298109-4QTD2P36QY98TL3HOZZ4/Back+of+Haruna+Monument.jpg Haruna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502514760082-WGPX2XW4RH2033838C1B/haruna_and_ise_monument Haruna - Haruna and Ise Monument This monument on Etajima honors the ~59 men killed in defense of the last battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501999218857-9FTI5PQ6W4V3SKDUODE0/haruna_mast Haruna The mast of the Haruna By Cahry-hamayan (Self-photographed) https://hiroshima-pows.org/japanese-imperial-navy-at-kure daily 0.75 2020-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492224609421-NHI93FJGQ9K5RVXKGUEZ/Ise_postcard.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492213136286-LNAFHIFUFGUWSDSLRLU1/image-asset.jpeg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492749805441-18RMKB0KYV84DJK2FY23/Ise05cropped.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504597442317-4C09YL360JZK0VY4GHEO/img_ise_sunk_a-wtj.com.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure Battleship Ise, sunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492213025422-FKS3I4NPWK1I09DH4XD9/Hyuga_underway.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526191726467-WA2SROB0ZJFD2Z2QRV3W/Tone_1942.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure Heavy Cruiser Tone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492224836969-9RIIOVI3QJXIDW7M734X/jpapanese_navy_ensign Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1581969141463-5LZQ8DGP191G02T7VIFM/nagato-ww2db.jpg Japanese Imperial Navy near Kure The Nagato, afloat near Tokyo after the war, was later destroyed by atomic weapons tests. https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-page-29 daily 0.75 2019-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492240348065-EMBOHQ03ELKWI1NRO6PM/Lonesome+Lady+nose+art+from+Facebook+Emil+Tureks+grandaughter.jpg LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492235539894-VBHM6NBI080CFDCK60I5/ll_not_yet_named LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500009862483-5160NJQJZRA45D7KOHDF/IMG_5241.jpg LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500009744852-UFJ861WQCFBX15Y03PA5/Best+Lonesome+Lady+pre-named+Flossie.jpg LONESOME LADY - #680 before she was named Lonesome Lady #680, before the name Lonesome Lady was added by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500722687544-2OG7PTNSLRJ3PD3FPXTQ/lonesome_lady_left_side LONESOME LADY Thirty five combat missions are represented by neatly ordered bombs painted beneath the pilot's window on the port side of the slab-sided B-24. One of the crew (thought to be Fritz Johnson, one of Emil Turek's men) is posed here in front of the lettering E maka`ala ka kou, which translates from Hawaiian into something like "we must always be vigilant". Ten combat missions after this photo was taken, the Lonesome Lady was brought down by flak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492235310761-Q4SXYWLC2YIJGXAXKV87/ll_military_photo LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492236290558-MFGCJ2UTVF8XF1X8ZYMV/image-asset.jpeg LONESOME LADY Short on Sails was painted by Gil Elvgren and was the inspiration for the Lonesome Lady insignia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492237461629-QKWD78TZQO5EA31817VY/rose_marie_emil_turek LONESOME LADY Rose Marie and Emil Matthew Turek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492237213065-4B5O16TE9OYBZESCYS21/image-asset.jpeg LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492239278042-15TKA5JUBCPWK7W5J3KV/ll_font_record_ad LONESOME LADY The font is found in this radio advertisement, Sonora model ~RCU-208 , circa 1943, Spin magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492239919072-NEVXSFF1UE0C387W5QJS/ll_bought_ebay_125 LONESOME LADY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501447717072-6424WC875CINGJ0Q9G9Y/image-asset.jpeg LONESOME LADY This letter is dated 25 Jun, 1990. Turek photocopied his correspondence to David Rogers, and others. Courtesy of the Turek family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492500215867-HUTWGL69U8LA872RJ1LQ/tureks_crew_nose_art_lauren_cadiz LONESOME LADY - Turek Crew Turek's Crew #39. Standing, left to right: Emil M. Turek, Francis "Fritz" Johnson, Rolf Slen, Vito "Dave" Nacci, and Colvin Kneeling, left to right: Higgenbotham, Rex Reeves, Alfred "Al" Emery, Holloway, and Richard "Dick" Bennett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1492240232602-XS69K8PO8WOO5QWWKMXY/ll_in_flight_bright LONESOME LADY Flying in formation over Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Angaur Island, 6 Apr 1945, this is the only known still photograph of the Lady in flight, courtesy of past historian of the 494th BG, James Leddy, son of T/Sgt Donald Leddy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500011240132-DJEY8FNV18CZ6GGR4RJE/toms_crew LONESOME LADY - Cartwright Crew Crew #42B Back row from left: 2nd Lt. James Ryan, 2nd Lt. Durden Looper, 2nd Lt. Thomas Cartwright, 2nd Lt. Roy Pedersen Front row from left: Sgt. Hugh Atkinson, Sgt. Buford Ellison, Blackie the mascot dog, Sgt. William (Bill) Abel, Corp. John Long, and Frank Baker. Baker was on sick call and was replaced by Sgt. Ralph Neal. Photo courtesy of Mr. Francis Ryan. https://hiroshima-pows.org/emil-tureks-crew daily 0.75 2022-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503288650988-8GLGOS2NLRG49FXN93L6/Turek%27s+Flight+Log+Cover.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1524293148237-DDDKWNS1QLS7V1RPZPXZ/turek_intro.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500723791285-1I1X2FNTQ3BJD6MFHE44/tureks_crew Emil Turek's B-24 Crew Turek's Crew #39. Standing, left to right: Emil M. Turek, Francis "Fritz" Johnson, Rolf Slen, Vito "Dave" Nacci, and Lee Colvin Kneeling, left to right: Gilbert W. Higgenbotham, Rex Reeves, Alfred "Al" Emery, Alton Holloway, and Richard "Dick" Bennett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493018695143-OEW3ZF4RCUOKMZ43OOSA/turek-portrait Emil Turek's B-24 Crew Emil Turek earned his wings and a reputation as an excellent pilot. He commanded 40 combat missions, for 27 of them he was the officer in command of the Lonesome Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1499925221934-NF7N39RAEGVTCYCOTSS1/turek_veterans_quote.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew The closing of a letter from Emil Turek to friends, written December, 1984, La Habra, California. Courtesy of the Turek family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526281129155-ZU0EQVMCMVDVPM1D48WJ/turek_nacci_slen_hi.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew Lts. Turek, Nacci, and Slen are shown here in the territory of Hawaii. Photo courtesy of Barbara English. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500723604081-3RMPPE16OGT082FG99IA/turek_crew_left_side_lonesome_lady Emil Turek's B-24 Crew A proud member of the flight crew (co-pilot Johnson?), posing beneath the artfully depicted missions completed by the Lonesome Lady. The bombs painted on her port side indicate 35 completed combat missions. She would not return from the 36th. Photo courtesy of L. Cadiz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526283329108-WYQGMURTT3TYO37EE59P/IMG_5522.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526282428833-JOLD2RSRIFRCK67G82X2/slen.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1511430393695-AYBUDTV0NIUD41OZBFLJ/slen_dedication_memoir2_2009.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew Rolf Slen's dedication of A Second Memoir of World War II, 2009, to his crew. When serving in the war, he always referred to these men by their last name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501484801280-9T6UO7X0WQ74TMCPIF1M/letter-alton_holloway.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew An excerpt about the lasting influence of the Haruna mission; from a letter received by Emil Turek 6 January, 1983, from one of his crewmembers, Alton Holloway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1525949689351-L7L9P029PRK8WW3B6HP2/IMG_5682.jpg Emil Turek's B-24 Crew https://hiroshima-pows.org/ofuna-and-omori daily 0.75 2017-04-25 https://hiroshima-pows.org/looper daily 0.75 2023-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493529923056-03QELM2D1NHYZ8J9I4G4/Lonesome+Lady+in+Flight+bright.jpg Durden Looper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493530333454-ADC60HMCPOXHO0QKRG7R/looper Durden Looper 2nd Lt. Durden William Looper, 18 Mar, 1923 - 6 Aug-1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493575016633-BU3QOF855AMBDCERKUD6/looper_news_story Durden Looper Despite numerous queries the War Department, Looper's family was not informed of his fate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526186884367-FS8NKSCUX3MY055NCTWN/walter_looper_repps_hudson_nytimes+letterviz1975.png Durden Looper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493557155978-GO0FH4EHT47L0ZWM817L/looper_memorial_hall_2014 Durden Looper - 6 August, 1945 Durden Looper was one of the American POWs who tragically lost his life on 6 August, 1946. Due to the efforts of Shigeaki Mori, his name is included in the list of deceased the Hiroshima National Park Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493575430504-2GXPWE5FKBGH2GIFQ14Y/image-asset.jpeg Durden Looper Gilliam Cemetery Witcherville Sebastian County Arkansas, USA https://hiroshima-pows.org/abel daily 0.75 2017-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502093695880-R52258JUI84L4PL76N70/abel_ofuna Abel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502094238463-0V5Z3NQD9TLRGH0T81Z0/abel_ofuna_reverse Abel https://hiroshima-pows.org/tc-cartwright daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549257867157-NKJRKYNSBPXZ7INH1R3Q/IMG_2102.jpeg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1499923703880-LA9ZMSWRVRFJB9ICBQGF/tom_1st_lt_portrait_with+reflection Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549263784317-TSZIGVXKDYSR08PPH2NE/IMG_1247.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549263784711-X7B5AQJRAOXU3HBI82US/IMG_1234.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549266137620-38XSBGY79BXQG75FS5YY/IMG_1208.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502170105851-7Q7PE2TDB6YSUDFEWBDN/tom_rescue_omori_28_aug Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright Smiling Lonesome Lady Pilot Thomas Cartwright is third from the right (wearing an unbuttoned shirt) in this image of Prisoners of War who were rescued from the Omori Camp in Tokyo Bay. This was the first landing of American Marines on the Japanese mainland, ordered by US Naval Comodore R.W. Simpson, and Commander Harold Stassen, reportedly sanctioned by Admiral William Halsey, but illegal, since since no peace agreement had been signed by the warring countries. Cartwright was to be the only USAAF Hiroshima POW to survive the war. Two other Hiroshima POWs, Naval aviators, also were liberated from Omori. Crewmate Bill Abel was released soon after from the notorious Japanese Navy "detention camp", Ofuna. (Photo credit: Probably John Swope, USN, but possibly his non-commissioned assistant George P. Gates, Jr. Swope’s team also included cinematographer Robert Walton, who also filmed this scene.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501303753122-JBH2J128HHV1QWHST4FU/tom_rescue_pic_reverse_press_release Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright The Press Release caption for the photograph, above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530254606746-YNLKIYK4DY774CDRNSZL/omori_us_flag.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright James D. Landrum carried the U.S. flag in these photos. The flags were carefully created by the POWs using bedsheets and colored pencils and were a tremendous symbol of pride for these men, some who were regaining their freedom after three years and eight months working at hard labor under deplorable conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549265837193-79HBCPVM1AN2RP58WZRE/tom_liberated1_IMG_1201.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright Courtesy of the Cartwright family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1549266511181-Z7HJPAOHXNCTP5S6GB3K/tom_cable_uss_monitor.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501649199426-RF07ARSTYVIKEA9A62M2/reeves Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright The high speed transport Reeves was the first U.S. Naval vessel to drop anchor in Tokyo Bay before the formal surrender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501648417739-GGL3MQBRKWQ1KMJCTQ01/benevolence Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright Just behind the mine sweepers and destroyers that entered Tokyo Bay on 28/ 29 August was the USS Benevolence (AH-13). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1519449377337-2T13CFIBA6HBKV8HLBKV/ltr_tom_war_dept_re_pederson.jpg Lt. Thomas C. Cartwright Dr. Cartwright's informative letters to the War Department appear to have been unanswered. This letter was obtained by Barton Bernstein from a Freedom of Information Act request. https://hiroshima-pows.org/neal daily 0.75 2018-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493610151729-1MGAFIFUQDIW02IS8KIS/image-asset.jpeg S/SGT. Ralph J. Neal Ralph Neal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493610216600-BDQR08PFWV6BNFLOCER6/image-asset.jpeg S/SGT. Ralph J. Neal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1493610180386-ILVQ2BPH5RV7MUEOTTB2/Neal-find-a-grave.jpg S/SGT. Ralph J. Neal https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-7 daily 0.75 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496467836072-41W24L4QP06QSAI3DAD3/175-detail+Ubuki%27s+list.png Chapter 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503286743575-VFHPDZ9BJ2PLNGEYK32V/ubukis_list.jpg Chapter 7 Ubuki's list https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494304570208-L9OHMVVL495T7TAM4INA/Dubinsky_portrait_tiny Chapter 7 2nd Lt. Joseph Dubinsky, the Pilot of the Taloa. https://hiroshima-pows.org/brissette daily 0.75 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502173061765-6SIOYLWMNCNEK1OUNF1W/SB2C-4E+Porter+Brissettee+Brehm+Ticonderoga+Hyuga+Tone+missions.png Normand Brissette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1525943128046-AVF7HMUG3P8SEXUCTE9P/brissette_on_S2BC_guns.jpg Normand Brissette Normand Brissette, at age 19, was the youngest American who was killed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Photo courtesy of Susan Brissette Archinski. usawarmemorials.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502172601396-OGHCVBH1VQASEXG01HKJ/brissette_peace_memorial_hall Normand Brissette Normand Braisette is remembered as one of the 12 American POW's killed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This image captures his entry in the National Peach Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. (Photo courtesy M. Shavers) https://hiroshima-pows.org/taloa-crew daily 0.75 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494830530555-D9L1GZJD18MHLIV6QLJX/Taloa+purchased+on+eBay+Mar+2017+rtIMG_0532.jpg Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1545028948975-DXNZFP6XMJW6AP1WEXP0/Crew+1.jpg Taloa Crew Joseph Dubinsky's veteran crew flew the Taloa on the Haruna mission, Group Mission #138. In this copy of the crew photo from the Co-pilot’s great-nephew, Michael Flanagin, the men of Crew #49 are posed in front of the nose art of the Lonesome Lady. (left to right) Standing: 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky (Pilot); 2nd Lt. Rudolph C. Flanagin (Co-pilot); 2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Falls, Jr. (Navigator); 2nd Lt. Robert C. Johnston (Bombardier); T/Sgt Walter Piskor (Engineer) Kneeling: David. A Bushfield (Radio operator); Camilous P. Kirkpatrick (Waist Gunner); Charles C. Baumgartner (Lower Ball Turret Gunner); Charles C. Allison (Upper Turret Gunner); Not pictured: Julius Molnar (Tail Gunner). Not pictured here was Capt. Donald Marvin, an observer on his 40th combat mission who piloted most of the Taloa missions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501999816956-8GDSM2OICDC4R0ZIPW84/dubinsky_portrait_tiny Taloa Crew Pilot Joe Dubinsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1504557582309-XQUG66TNU4W0SHKJVLQL/book_cover.jpg Taloa Crew The English translation of this book is available on this website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1511499465945-VUTI3PHEAVBED9NMF61O/til_then Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526972890141-ZX1E67N0UJXLC1B706QK/taloa_macr_map.jpg Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1506230530804-CYQMIZLQAV9ZBOGDL5MI/chiangwan_aerodrome_shanghai Taloa Crew Chiang Wan Aerodrome near Shanghai, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501823970147-U4XUPXVIPQW97N69W2JT/taloa_macr_kin Taloa Crew The Missing Air Crew Report for Taloa included this list of next-of-kin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494830699414-RV0152Y6TOC7N2ZPINC9/taloa_crew_cleveland_paper Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1564899610328-FF71FM7UTLK0ZBUMK7LD/dubinsky_crew3_w_names Taloa Crew Crew #49 with presumed names. Not labeled is Walter Piskor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1591235642731-YP734751OUAZUAK8SM73/dubinsky_thumbnail.jpg Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1591237344629-AWCP0N1ZJGP7P1NMQUD2/baumgartner_from_shirley_morehead_niece.jpg Taloa Crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1564900572430-NN3A1QMV4FY0KZJY7YH5/rudolph_c_flanagin.jpg Taloa Crew Image courtesy of Michael and Serena Flanagin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1511502988968-QZNEX716A8FGTQNYCETU/marvins_crew Taloa Crew The B-24 crew that completed 40 combat missions led by Don Marvin is shown here in front of Lonesome Lady. Emil Turek identified this 494th Group History Vol. 1 photograph in his correspondence, and Rolf Slen confirmed that Don Marvin is standing in the position sometimes reserved for the pilot, far left in the back row. https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-8-1 daily 0.75 2017-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496226910703-HMNKA6YAE5DAVSCFW3VU/sketch+Atkinson.jpg Chapter 8 https://hiroshima-pows.org/chapter-9-1 daily 0.75 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501313304611-U5FHDFYE0CW604LPGY7X/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 9 Staff Sgt. Ralph J. Neal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501313363159-LN1YSTQBEKQ3WZQHY9MZ/brissette Chapter 9 Normand Brissette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501313948355-AKX7Q57RHS73KMYIJUHP/grave_brissette_neal Chapter 9 The graves of Ralph J. Neal (left, the shorter one) and Normand Roland Brissette (right, the taller one), which had been located in Ujina, Minami-Ward, Hiroshima City. On the wooden markers is written “Grave of a US Soldier”. The two bodies of the flyers, who died on August 19, had been cremated by the order of Captain Taro Takahashi, the Commander of Ujina Dispatched Military Police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501305425484-D6PGZ1F5R4BLHACVU59B/death_cert_brissette_neal Chapter 9 The Death Certificates of Neal (left) and Brissette (right), who died on August 19. They were both issued by Military Doctor Kazuichi Yamagishi of the Vessel Headquarters. ( Courtesy of Mr. Toru Fukubayashi: both are GHQ materials.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500274325426-KDCD0M6HTU1JZTFM3T7Q/john_long Chapter 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500273973688-BHBU0J1O2BQT78SB0OSR/lura_long Chapter 9 Mrs. Lura Long, wife of Cpl. John Long, and Nathan Long, whose father was the elder brother of Cpl. John Long.. Photo courtesy of Nathan Long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501312776034-DAD76ADJ3A7CDFIO125P/215_a.jpg Chapter 9 - Jim and Francis 2nd Lt. James Ryan (left) and his elder brother Francis; taken in Saipan, when they met six months before the death of James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501312816769-DVCURSE4ARKTY20HDCVV/217_a.jpg Chapter 9 - With Parents The family of 2nd Lt. James Ryan, father Thomas and mother Marion, in front of their home in September, 1944. All three of the sons served in the military. Mother, Marion, after learning that James was missing in action, repeatedly called radio new stations for information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501312775933-KMG0DC0R68VPXRXHQ6NO/216.jpg Chapter 9 The dog-tag of 2nd Lt. Ryan, (right) and his Purple Heart Medal. The upper two look like identity badges/insignias of the US flyers. They have been contributed to the Peace Memorial Museum by Mr. Francis Ryan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501309921145-K028TBIX8YA4KNO28TJY/macarthur_letter_ryan_family Chapter 9 The letter of condolence from General McArthur, which reached only the Ryan’s among the six crew members of the Lonesome Lady whose death was caused by the A-bomb. (Courtesy of Francis Ryan.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500966560206-R80HLPKNA6ZRS9OEL835/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 9 The gravestone of the US flyers who were killed by the A-Bomb, which is in the National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500966414708-TTTV29YNDQFHLK2939GA/andersonville_plaque Chapter 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500966816116-QODOI3T5HWZ26XSQ8FI6/francis_ryan_at_andersonvill_memorial Chapter 9 The US Civil War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia. Here, there is a plaque of the US flyers who were killed by the A-Bomb. (Courtesy of Mr. Francis Ryan.) https://hiroshima-pows.org/epilogue-2 daily 0.75 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500186006528-9GNHRYM1X6SOH8ZVMRQD/tsukamae_cartwright Epilogue https://hiroshima-pows.org/postscript-2 daily 0.75 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496225718038-PC5KUJ8WOK47ICXDTPZK/241.jpg Postscript https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1496225780578-MYRLQXQ0H5B9HWDNC45T/image-asset.jpeg Postscript https://hiroshima-pows.org/hantschel-1 daily 0.75 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1517039641656-BQB279ATAGLLEKQLR2YP/memorial-find-a-grave.jpg John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1518032888395-3XT7X0HNAYWKQZR985RR/hantschel_yrbk_kimberly_king John Joseph Hantschel (Photo provided by Kimberly King) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1630993891999-NY2PX876T0X95OV7IPZA/Hantschel+Report+of+Casuaties+FOIA.png John Joseph Hantschel - Make it stand out Excerpt from the U.S.S. Randolph Report of Casualties (ref.: FOIA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1630994158123-NZQNJY8UHE6X57UU9H9Y/Hantschel+losses+and+rescue+report+from+FOIA.png John Joseph Hantschel - Make it stand out Initially, other attack planes from the USS Randolph were able to drive away Hantschel’s captors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1519197094177-GAVBZ0VCRJJ2DFAXGBYB/medals_dist_fly_cross_100x200.jpg John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1516097804422-ZPU8NKJGOOUXMJEFPMH2/hantschel.jpg John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1551514500169-89NJJH278WRHXPJ0P5QV/Hantschel+%E2%80%93+Version+3.jpg John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500620561183-HPYX5C5AFWNF635248WP/Screen+Shot+2017-07-21+at+01.24.05.png John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500619942550-0ZP209B53CWPDIU5UEZ9/USS+Randolph9992.jpg.png John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1516098353163-TW3WN8P192I7DTSK3KTS/pistol_packing_airedales_patch.jpg John Joseph Hantschel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500620098922-EAEX5C0MBYOZ04BHEGEC/insignia_pistol_packing_airdales John Joseph Hantschel Insignia of the Pistol Packing Airedales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500620236600-HVZL3VWCUEIVCBZ34N5Z/hantschel_memorial+marker John Joseph Hantschel https://hiroshima-pows.org/treaty-of-kanagawa daily 0.75 2017-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1498557440141-ZGD9OD1UKO85J2A51U4L/perry_and_allies_woodcut Treaty of Kanagawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1498554199141-MQ6QYTQ0BZ3R8KZ4GW46/perry_signature_kanagawa Treaty of Kanagawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1498553607422-NGXVF4L8DHXG84PSQOMG/Kanagawa_001_a.jpg Treaty of Kanagawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1498556396780-3D0YPZ8M3AL8T3U8BDGT/image-asset.jpeg Treaty of Kanagawa https://hiroshima-pows.org/lt-james-m-ryan-bombardier daily 0.75 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501304815225-4VBLYURRN6HA5LLP3SZ0/217_b.jpg Lt. James M. Ryan, Bombardier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500193197937-U880WCBH813IAOMA637M/ryan_with_parents Lt. James M. Ryan, Bombardier Members of the family of 2nd Lt. James Ryan: Father Thomas and mother Marion, in front of their home in September, 1944. All three of the sons served in the military. Mother, Marion, after learning that James was missing in action, repeatedly called radio stations asking for news information on his whereabouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500190583866-57XLFGTO5Y4IWA3YF2HT/james_francis_ryan_from_Mori Lt. James M. Ryan, Bombardier 2nd Lt. James Ryan (left) and his elder brother Francis; taken in Saipan, when they met just two months before the death of James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1501304877595-OCTY21COF2DN6B19UD45/217_b.jpg Lt. James M. Ryan, Bombardier Condolences sent from General Douglas McArthur in 1946. The Ryans were the only family to receive this letter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1500192775041-L6C0KMG1ATBJ3PS6EQDB/francis_ryan_mary Lt. James M. Ryan, Bombardier Members of the family of 2nd Lt. James Ryan's brother, Francis.. https://hiroshima-pows.org/president-obama-hiroshima daily 0.75 2017-07-24 https://hiroshima-pows.org/john-long daily 0.75 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565418954847-IYB9P7DX1EKVEF8XKWLB/j_long.jpg John Long Sargeant “Johnny” Long. Photos courtesy Lawrence County Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565761063824-HLBP6MVPODH2AY9WAUOJ/public.jpeg John Long Johnny Long as a senior in high school. From the Shenango High School 1936 yearbook. Courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/baecc0f9-3b28-4ca4-92fb-f9b12c55d2d9/Long+grave+marker+Pennsylvania.jpg John Long - Make it stand out “Johnny” Long was memorialized at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Energy, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. https://hiroshima-pows.org/hugh-atkinson daily 0.75 2023-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526879111269-8JURJOAY7BB31QAK54QJ/Atkinson.jpeg Hugh Atkinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/41ce1683-03ad-4cdc-b1c3-ad7d518af9ab/Atkinson+draft+registration+card+1.jpg Hugh Atkinson - Make it stand out Draft Registration card for Hugh Atkinson from July, 1941, states his age (21y) and occupation––a meat cutter. (Courtesy Eliz. Kryger) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/418bc20c-9406-4a93-a351-66fdf261140f/Atkinson+draft+registration+card+w+numbrs.jpg Hugh Atkinson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hiroshima-pows.org/emil-turek daily 0.75 2019-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502174285537-G4ET4ES1MVES9PS7G2IJ/Turek%27s+Flight+Log+Cover.jpg Emil Turek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502172533859-7HDV58LAEIBD55W5QWBW/brissette_peace_memorial_hall Emil Turek Instrument pilot rating, signed by Col. Laurence Kelley, for whom the 494th BG(H) was named Kelley's Kobras. (Image courtesy of the Turek family.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502174613953-DU2VHD9RFK1CRYSHRD33/file_log_book_cover_turek Emil Turek https://hiroshima-pows.org/acknowledgements daily 0.75 2021-05-01 https://hiroshima-pows.org/494th-bg-mission-123 daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1503474320926-QPQM6DCSE4YKAP1PPVSR/chiang_wan_aerial_vol_2 Chiang Wan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1530589815440-SV82CLSS2BSQ7ZWGTXRF/chiang_wan_weekly_ops_report.jpg Chiang Wan The 866th Bomb Squadron's weekly report for 11-20 July, 1945 includes details of the first B-24 bombing raid on a target mainland China from Okinawa. Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency. https://hiroshima-pows.org/porter daily 0.75 2018-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1502173061765-6SIOYLWMNCNEK1OUNF1W/SB2C-4E+Porter+Brissettee+Brehm+Ticonderoga+Hyuga+Tone+missions.png Raymond Porter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526022010883-DMOB51ZJNZNWI3AEFLHB/raymond_porter_memorial_hall_kking.jpg Raymond Porter A tribute to Raymond Porter and recognition of his death as an American POW who was killed by the first atomic weapon is shown in this screen capture from the Peace Memorial Hall in Hiroshima. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1505028655782-OREZOCI4UPX95M4LTPAQ/paul_brehm_bombing_tone.jpg Raymond Porter Depiction of Paul Brehm attacking the Tone right behind Porter and Brissette during the attack on Imperial Japanese Navy warships in Kure harbor on 28 July. https://hiroshima-pows.org/dubinsky daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1517084438371-2S48ASXMZLJ0KX89QIC0/Til+Then+D+Sheley+Flickr.jpg 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1517083480752-MGW2NDNI22JUMY2YDB33/dubinsky-uswarmemorial.com.jpg 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1514030118495-SY9Q7T20D6TOXMZJ9LCH/dubinsky_marker.png 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky https://hiroshima-pows.org/ture-commendation daily 0.75 2019-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1515068092475-ZS4FSJBMSZLKEYKQ0NB8/Turek+Medals.jpg Turek Commendation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1515065828678-ZFL9KJEXVYJOUALTD9KB/Turek+commendation.jpg Turek Commendation https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-page-61 daily 0.75 2018-01-05 https://hiroshima-pows.org/reflectionsonmission daily 0.75 2020-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1515151038668-HQVDRRP9RXHN6TNE5U7N/july_6_1988_turek+letter2crew.JPG Reflections on the Haruna Mission Excerpt from a letter written by Emil Turek in 1988 to his crewmen and others after he attended a 494th BG(H) reunion. Courtesy of Barbara English. https://hiroshima-pows.org/crew-39-archive daily 0.75 2018-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1515070980018-1PTYZG4KBX01JYKA9PLV/turek_dogtags.JPG Crew #39 Archive-revise to an index page with training etc https://hiroshima-pows.org/til-then daily 0.75 2019-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1516263119201-4N563AZDPUOVUL9VE8JP/til_then_d_sheley_flickr.jpg 'Til then https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526971054620-IT092XSQGC7W4FLJBPOX/til_then_crash.jpg 'Til then The wreckage on Angaur, Palau, of Joe Dubinsky's crew's B-24 "'Til Then". Although other crashes at and near this airfield resulted in fatalities, this was noted by a unit historian as perhaps the most dramatic crash. Rolf Slen chuckles over Turek's account of the joy-riding marines bailing out onto the runway before the skid was complete. https://hiroshima-pows.org/temp-for-clifton-daniel daily 0.75 2018-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1518033873773-S8M2Z001OA0RL9INKKQ1/father_siemes_moralists_quote.png Temp For Clifton Daniel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1518033529433-I0A9IK7EBKPYYDF2VA04/IMG_3955.PNG Temp For Clifton Daniel https://hiroshima-pows.org/roy-m-pete-pedersen-jr daily 0.75 2018-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1519202931354-ZUASL0VB6VKQFAQD13TV/tom_letter_repederrsen.jpg 2nd Lt. Roy M. "Pete" Pedersen, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1518340836383-HAYVY4RESYA2NQWUZOMA/pederson_tombstone.jpg 2nd Lt. Roy M. "Pete" Pedersen, Jr. Pedersen's remains were returned to his family in 1949 and interred at the Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. https://hiroshima-pows.org/sgt-julius-molnar daily 0.75 2018-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1519458852499-XG7GYGYC1ESRFLMWB9C1/molnar_vol_ii_group_history.png Sgt Julius Molnar https://hiroshima-pows.org/missing-aircrew daily 0.75 2019-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1524296171481-KY2MHM2B1FWZS3J90FB2/ll_macr_pg2.jpg Missing Air Crew Reports Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) documents the loss of the Lonesome Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1524296926066-3Z9LS5188PKSGA5H3J6Q/macr-map.jpg Missing Air Crew Reports Position "X" indicates A/C 716 when last seen. However, the Taloa crash site is west of Hiroshima, near a current day golf course. This map may indicate the crash site of a different aircraft. https://hiroshima-pows.org/rolf-slen daily 0.75 2023-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1525756884149-5WUHVFU0C9GTWBGQM3ZI/Tureks+Crew+39.jpg LT. Rolf Slen Crew #39: Front row (left to right): Navigator Rolf Slen, Bombardier Dave Nacci is third, and Emil Turek is fourth. https://hiroshima-pows.org/aircraft-carrier-ticonderoga daily 0.75 2018-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1526718307386-PP1RR5ZOEQBZ6U7GXT8Z/ticonderoga_surrender_plans.jpg Aircraft Carrier Ticonderoga https://hiroshima-pows.org/tureks-crew-39-missions daily 0.75 2018-07-09 https://hiroshima-pows.org/new-page-96 daily 0.75 2019-08-13 https://hiroshima-pows.org/a-date daily 0.75 2019-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565672845880-9D05GR3HGY2Z99175F7C/Colorized+Swopes+photo+Landrum+Tom.jpg A Date with the Lonesome Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1565672655439-Z0Y2Q6RS2E6KWB3X2RV3/tomsbookcover-english.png A Date with the Lonesome Lady https://hiroshima-pows.org/taloa daily 0.75 2020-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1494830530555-D9L1GZJD18MHLIV6QLJX/Taloa+purchased+on+eBay+Mar+2017+rtIMG_0532.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582457643506-P7KGCXMHD6C04SQW2K2G/Taloa+3.bp.blogspot.com.jpg Taloa - Taloa nose art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582458829344-XRRDGNSRSPQGC6SM5B74/Taloa+nose+art+bought+on+eBay.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1582457772276-92LZVZI5UTW0HLOMEXJ4/TALOA+being+painted1.JPG Taloa - Taloa being painted The Taloa was said to be painted by the prolific Rusty Restuccia, but, if so, he had significant help. This photo may have been taken in Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684547361-F38DOU1NQ5XB0YTHLC2S/Taloa+Crew.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684524798-UU2YAU98J4TI9UGUDIF4/003_b.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684553888-68AW6AYZM7M1GXP0UWFS/006_a.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684899834-SINH9A0QY7Q1MUQTBAIB/116_a.jpg Taloa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1490684945087-4LSWCTXI4668OCYX98KV/Mori+letter+to+cizzar.jpg Taloa https://hiroshima-pows.org/alkaid daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1630481646227-B6PDYQMPS2O6PVV7U4XO/image.jpg USS Alkaid (AK-114) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cca59586e6c09542c8d3cd/1630480686535-LRMCZLJNZ81HJHQNPXTL/alkaid_itenerary.gif USS Alkaid (AK-114) - Make it stand out U.S.S. 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