From the July 20, 2009, Telegraph.co.uk.
WWII BUNKER FOR SALE-- A former World War II bunker, now a 4 bedroom Cornish holiday house is for sale for 350,000 pounds offering spectacular views from its grassy roof. During the war it was used to watch for German ships.
After the war it was used as a potato storehouse.
It also kept watch on a nearby cable wireless station. A tunnel used to link the two, but that has collapsed.
PEARL HARBOR VET DIES-- From the July 22, 2009 News Star-- Funeral services for B.A. "Gus" Petterson, 85, held. He was a 17-year-old aircraft machinist mate at Ford Island when the attack on Pearl harbor came. He was later aboard the USS Lexington when it was sunk May 1942.
Then, he was a crewman on a naval rescue seaplane in the Pacific. One time it crashed in the water near Midway and he swam back to base. Later, he was on yet another plane hat was shot down. He was also a crewman on the rescue plane that found WW I ace Eddie Rickenbacker who was touring the Pacific and carrying several messages from Gen. Douglas MacArthur who was adrift on a raft for 24 days.
Quite a Life. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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