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Bryan MacKinnon
Приєднався 20 чер 2007
I saw your flagpole today - A family story during wartime.
Famed American World War II skipper Dudley "Mush" Morton writes home to his family revealing the location of his latest war patrol of the USS Wahoo (SS-238) in 1943 in a way only his family would understand.
This short video is part of the James Avent China memories series featured at www.mackinnon.org
This short video is part of the James Avent China memories series featured at www.mackinnon.org
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USS Wahoo Peace Memorial Dedication Documentary
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The USS Wahoo Peace Memorial was dedicated at Cape Soya, Hokkaido, Japan in 1995. Wahoo, American's most famous WWII Submarine, was attacked and sunk by Japanese air and naval forces in La Perouse Strait on October 11, 1943, several kilometers north of the memorial. This documentary, narrated by George Logue who lost his brother on Wahoo, is a Japanese production and tells the story of the ceno...
The Journey to find the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
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A journey of more than 60 years, the search to find American's most famous WWII Submarine, the USS Wahoo (SS-238), culminated in 2005-2006 when she was located off the north coast of Hokkaido, Japan in Russian waters by a multinational and multidisciplinary group. Wahoo, led by its tenacious skipper Dudley "Mush" Morton and executive officer Richard O'Kane, revolutionized American submarine doc...
Mush and Harriet
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Famed American WWII submarine skipper Dudley "Mush" Morton met his future wife Harriet in 1934 in Tsingtao (Qingdao), China. When they married in 1936, Mush was still a rising officer in the United States Navy and USS Wahoo (SS-238) submarine fame was still seven years away. Harriet Nelson of Illinois was visiting her sister Jeanette in Tsingtao. Jeanette was married to James Avent, a Tennessee...