The Unsinkable Stratotanker!
May 9th 1957 – A Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratotanker, was en route from Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, to Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores, when it was forced to ditch in the Atlantic ocean after suffering from a double engine failure at 0616 hrs 343.8 miles SE of the Azores Islands. All seven crew survived, and amazingly the Stratotanker floated for ten days until it was forcibly sunk by USS Wisconsin.
Young girl during the Great Depression. Missouri, USA. 1930s.
You wouldn’t think it based on their appearance, but this is the senior staff of the 7th Marines in January of 1944. Leaders who weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty….that’s real leadership. Marine Corps legend Lt. Colonel Chesty Puller is second on the left.
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought on the Island of New Britain from December of 1943 to January of 1944. It was the second landing for the 1st Marine Division of the war following Guadalcanal. The Marines victory on New Britain would cost them over 300 men killed in action with over 1000 casualties.